GHSA-VR9J-9W5F-VMW6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release()
smc_rx_splice() hands RMB pages to a pipe and takes a socket reference per entry so the smc_sock stays alive until the reader finishes. The connection does not: a concurrent close runs smc_conn_free(), which releases the receive buffer back to the link group pool.
smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() tests sk_state before taking the socket lock. The state can change between the test and the lock, and smc_rx_update_cons() then dereferences conn->rmb_desc and walks conn->lgr, which smc_conn_free() has already released. On the is_reg_err path smcr_buf_unuse() frees the descriptor outright, so this is a use-after-free.
Take the socket lock first and test conn->freed instead. smc_conn_free() sets that flag before releasing anything, and every caller holds the socket lock. The two paths exclude each other: either the pipe release runs first with everything valid, or it sees the flag and skips the update.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-80982"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-11T20:19:04Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release()\n\nsmc_rx_splice() hands RMB pages to a pipe and takes a socket reference\nper entry so the smc_sock stays alive until the reader finishes. The\nconnection does not: a concurrent close runs smc_conn_free(), which\nreleases the receive buffer back to the link group pool.\n\nsmc_rx_pipe_buf_release() tests sk_state before taking the socket lock.\nThe state can change between the test and the lock, and\nsmc_rx_update_cons() then dereferences conn-\u003ermb_desc and walks\nconn-\u003elgr, which smc_conn_free() has already released. On the\nis_reg_err path smcr_buf_unuse() frees the descriptor outright, so\nthis is a use-after-free.\n\nTake the socket lock first and test conn-\u003efreed instead.\nsmc_conn_free() sets that flag before releasing anything, and every\ncaller holds the socket lock. The two paths exclude each other: either\nthe pipe release runs first with everything valid, or it sees the flag\nand skips the update.",
"id": "GHSA-vr9j-9w5f-vmw6",
"modified": "2026-09-14T15:32:21Z",
"published": "2026-09-11T21:31:22Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0761e49aa78c2f1362511054c6e9670653858837"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dadd97c8296b23aa816e91ed70041820ae087baa"
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