CVE-2026-80928

smack: fix cred UAF in smack_file_send_sigiotask()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smack: fix cred UAF in smack_file_send_sigiotask() When inspecting the credentials of another task, objective credentials (->real_cred, accessed with __task_cred()) must always be used. Accessing ->cred on a non-current task is forbidden unless that task is being created or destroyed; a task is allowed to change its own ->cred pointer with no synchronization, and changing ->cred should only affect the current syscall. smack_file_send_sigiotask() was accessing both sets of credentials: First tsk->cred, then __task_cred(tsk). Fix it, always access the objective credentials here. I have tested that this bug can lead to a KASAN-reported UAF of struct cred in smack_file_send_sigiotask(), and that this fix prevents the race.

Affected

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

2.6.293b11a1decef07c19443d24ae926982bc8ec9f4c0
Vendor states this is fixed in 7c7fe043f3099d0d35002b248967f75e55345b93 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a512366d84e134a9eefc2cc40eeb6e80e2ec162c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5bcf3adfa27279da4401ab8f1e1a706601a92be (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b791401bf389a1546a830d2b381ca60fe94c7870 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ed64aa505875a3b4defd504ee8e59e1949246a62 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f9c7b1f2b9d8f4176d2632743f51400855978ace (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fedc88e38ce979a720cd2de042578cb5df3dc8de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.29 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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