CVE-2026-64541

net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket smc_cdc_rx_handler() looks up the connection by token under the link group's conns_lock, drops the lock, and then dereferences conn and the smc_sock derived from it, ending in sock_hold(&smc->sk) inside smc_cdc_msg_recv(). No reference is held across the lock release. The only reference pinning the socket while the connection is discoverable in the link group is taken in smc_lgr_register_conn() (sock_hold) and dropped in __smc_lgr_unregister_conn() (sock_put), both under conns_lock. Once the handler drops conns_lock, a concurrent close() -> smc_release() -> smc_conn_free() -> smc_lgr_unregister_conn() can drop that reference and free the smc_sock, so the handler's later sock_hold() runs on freed memory: WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate Workqueue: rxe_wq do_work refcount_warn_saturate (lib/refcount.c:25) smc_cdc_msg_recv (net/smc/smc_cdc.c:430) smc_cdc_rx_handler (net/smc/smc_cdc.c:502) smc_wr_rx_tasklet_fn (net/smc/smc_wr.c:445) tasklet_action_common (kernel/softirq.c:938) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set Only SMC-R is affected. The SMC-D receive tasklet is stopped by tasklet_kill(&conn->rx_tsklet) in smc_conn_free() before the connection is unregistered, so it cannot run concurrently with the free. Take the socket reference while still holding conns_lock, so the registration reference can no longer be the last one, and drop it once the handler is done.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.18d7b0e37c1ac152905b18a5b9506179091a35b0b6
Vendor states this is fixed in 1951bffbc6493ec34cff3956b29d4bc6606904a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3bfb96d9bc6a7ed0b99c7db329cc2e22a28d84bb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 472e9d7c0d5b03be3ff91ff941f57da822b031bc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 647b19e5cc145a2f1f685ae8ff3805a17356888c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8145b432136285e01091815b48ceb2dae261f262 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8de4f665d0febfb92803dece377791a563fc7041 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d160b35cc34a2ba8229d07651468a7848325135 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ce5aa8084329351086894aa34d77e40301d5bd3d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

9.8CRITICALLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-416

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