Vulnerability in linux (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45973)

Summary

Vulnerability in linux (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45973). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.12.85-1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR hang in LAG error state unload During firmware reset in LAG mode, a race condition causes the driver to hang indefinitely while waiting for UMR completion during device unload. See [1]. In LAG mode the bond device is only registered on the master, so it never sees sys_error events from the slave. During firmware reset this causes UMR waits to hang forever on unload as the slave is dead but the master hasn't entered error state yet, so UMR posts succeed but completions never arrive. Fix this by adding a sys_error notifier that gets registered before MLX5_IB_STAGE_IB_REG and stays alive until after ib_unregister_device(). This ensures error events reach the bond device throughout teardown. [1] Call Trace: __schedule+0x2bd/0x760 schedule+0x37/0xa0 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10 __mutex_lock.isra.6+0x2b5/0x4a0 __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr+0x606/0x870 [mlx5_ib] ? __xa_erase+0x4a/0xa0 ? _cond_resched+0x15/0x30 ? wait_for_completion+0x31/0x100 ib_dereg_mr_user+0x48/0xc0 [ib_core] ? rdmacg_uncharge_hierarchy+0xa0/0x100 destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x20/0x50 [ib_uverbs] uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x37/0x150 [ib_uverbs] __uverbs_cleanup_ufile+0xda/0x140 [ib_uverbs] uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0x3a/0xf0 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_remove_one+0xc3/0x140 [ib_uverbs] remove_client_context+0x8b/0xd0 [ib_core] disable_device+0x8c/0x130 [ib_core] __ib_unregister_device+0x10d/0x180 [ib_core] ib_unregister_devi…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45973 has been found in linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade linux to 6.12.85-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45973" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45973 (linux)
Patched: 6.12.85-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in linux.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.12.85-1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'linux' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'linux' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で linux を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade linux to 6.12.85-1
```
ステージング環境で 6.12.85-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:13 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.12.85-1"}]}]

Debian:14 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.18.14-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org