CVE-2026-80979

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On\nthe DMB-nocopy path the ghost send buffer is freed right after that drain,\nso the re-armed tasklet dereferences it.\n\nUnregister unconditionally and drain before the detach at both teardown\nsites, mirroring rmb_desc, which smc_buf_unuse() releases after the drain.\nClear conn->sndbuf_desc before freeing it as well, so a reader that samples\nthe pointer cannot get one that is already freed."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The UAF is on the SMC-D DMB-nocopy teardown path, which only loopback-ISM implements; that device accepts a peer only when the GID matches this host, so a local AF_SMC/IPPROTO_SMC pair reaches smc_conn_free()/smcd_handle_irq(), and a remote TCP/CLC peer cannot attach to that fabric.\nAC:L - The attacker owns both sockets and can send on one endpoint to arm smcd_handle_irq() while close() on the other runs smc_conn_free()/smc_conn_kill, which kfree sndbuf_desc before tasklet_kill; they control both sides of the race, so complexity is Low.\nPR:L - socket(AF_SMC) and IPPROTO_SMC listen/connect on ephemeral ports need no capabilities, and loopback-ISM is usable from a user network namespace, so only an unprivileged local account is required.\nUI:N - The attacker performs connect, send, and close on their own SMC sockets; no separate victim action such as mounting a filesystem or opening a file is required.\nS:U - The freed object is a kernel kmalloc smc_buf_desc processed by a tasklet in the same kernel; this is privilege escalation within one security authority, not a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox escape.\nC:H - smcd_cdc_rx_tsklet/smc_cdc_msg_recv_action dereference the freed ghost sndbuf_desc (including ->len); a slab use-after-free of a kmalloc object that the attacker can spray yields an arbitrary kernel read.\nI:H - The same tasklet continues into cursor updates and smc_tx_pending() which write through the recycled descriptor, so heap spraying the use-after-free provides an arbitrary kernel write and control-flow hijack primitive.\nA:H - Tasklet use of the freed smc_buf_desc oopses or panics the kernel even without a full exploit, causing a full system availability loss that the attacker can repeat."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/smc/smc_core.c"], "versions": [{"version": "21f6f41e82e59740e26e06e77bdf58dc7f6f08dd", "lessThan": "b6b6ac713ee82b340a8e3be30b101bd2840deec4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa", "lessThan": "b4d540ac95cd35c6ebab6afb7eae2bcac7b277a5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa", "lessThan": "5bd8b764a610b6b6bc0c4d3d01652747f6e0b5c3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa", "lessThan": "b74d313567dfc1b7e56629ddbad04e728686f235", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa", "lessThan": "36cdf5d48ca191dcd71c28cadbe0981b1d25318d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "6.6.66", "lessThan": "6.6.157", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/smc/smc_core.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.157", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.109", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6.66", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.157"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.109"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6b6ac713ee82b340a8e3be30b101bd2840deec4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4d540ac95cd35c6ebab6afb7eae2bcac7b277a5"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd8b764a610b6b6bc0c4d3d01652747f6e0b5c3"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74d313567dfc1b7e56629ddbad04e728686f235"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36cdf5d48ca191dcd71c28cadbe0981b1d25318d"}], "title": "net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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