CVE-2026-53188EPSS p2.8%
CVE-2026-53188CVE-2026-53188
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: Validate the passed in fops for ib_get_ucaps()
Sashiko pointed out it is not safe to rely only on the devt because
char/block alias so if the user finds a block device with the same dev_t
it can masquerade as a ucap cdev fd.
Test the f_ops to only accept authentic cdevs.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.13% probability of exploitation · percentile 2.8% · 2026-08-11T12:00:17Z |
| Last modified | 2026-07-06 |