# RDMA/counter: Fix num_counters leak on bind_qp failure in alloc_and_bind()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97477`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97477`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:04 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.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb to before 4517686789b404827591c52f79e9a57822371ca0` (git)
  - affected: `8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb to before 7c9fee40fc8d8d928f44e99bc6e6adf93f9f2c2a` (git)
  - affected: `8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb to before 1bcdeddddffadff9993657f6b0e5535d66ebd10f` (git)
  - affected: `8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb to before da95cb016812c0e012ea839f191926e35ca8f57f` (git)
  - affected: `8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb to before 4fbc8230009f5b1bcd13cc74c5a6a43ddba141fd` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.11`
  - unaffected: `before 5.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 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 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97477](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97477)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97477](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97477)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4517686789b404827591c52f79e9a57822371ca0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9fee40fc8d8d928f44e99bc6e6adf93f9f2c2a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcdeddddffadff9993657f6b0e5535d66ebd10f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da95cb016812c0e012ea839f191926e35ca8f57f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fbc8230009f5b1bcd13cc74c5a6a43ddba141fd>

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.

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