# RDMA/iwcm: Fix workqueue list corruption by removing work_list

CVE record · `CVE-2026-45898`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-45898`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-1341](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1341.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-1341](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1341.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 27 May 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 27 May 2026, 12:17 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `e1168f09b3314992f1c5251f3793102035da7237 to before 38c5b49fffa1b760959af74f11806eeb3ef4706d` (git)
  - affected: `e1168f09b3314992f1c5251f3793102035da7237 to before eb715133e0ae12514bba4d2d5ce1dee774476056` (git)
  - affected: `e1168f09b3314992f1c5251f3793102035da7237 to before a6b9e793e74e372daa266fd0d58b751305877897` (git)
  - affected: `e1168f09b3314992f1c5251f3793102035da7237 to before 7874eeacfa42177565c01d5198726671acf7adf2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.11`
  - unaffected: `before 6.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.75 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.14 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.19.4 to 6.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.0 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 7.0 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (redhat-SADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0053, the 44th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-45898](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45898)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-45898](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45898)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c5b49fffa1b760959af74f11806eeb3ef4706d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb715133e0ae12514bba4d2d5ce1dee774476056>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b9e793e74e372daa266fd0d58b751305877897>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7874eeacfa42177565c01d5198726671acf7adf2>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-45898>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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