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CVE-2026-99032

Linux: net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in1512e3714b3946bda75a160a34f22a51710daa43Also 6a1833f0d7dc037c8e876b9178ba69d5d107c086, 64a6b36b0e1855288080bc5f89769f27d6dc03c8 and 1 moreCVE List
Published23 Oct 2026Updated 23 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 1512e3714b3946bda75a160a34f22a51710daa43LinuxCVE List
  • 6a1833f0d7dc037c8e876b9178ba69d5d107c086LinuxCVE List
  • 64a6b36b0e1855288080bc5f89769f27d6dc03c8LinuxCVE List
  • 4.20LinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname

smc_getname() dereferences smc->clcsock without holding clcsock_release_lock. Link-group termination can release the CLC socket through smc_close_active_abort() while the SMC socket is still open, for example after shutdown(SHUT_WR).

A getsockname() caller can load smc->clcsock, then the termination worker can clear the pointer and call sock_release() before the caller accesses clcsock->ops or invokes getname(). This causes a use-after-free; if the worker clears the pointer before the load, it causes a NULL dereference. The syscall's file reference keeps the SMC socket alive but does not prevent asynchronous release of its CLC socket.

KASAN reported the following with test-only timing instrumentation:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888109abb4e0 by task poc/103 Call Trace: smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0 do_getsockname+0xe5/0x170 __sys_getsockname+0x8c/0x100

Allocated by task 95: sock_alloc_inode+0x1e/0x280 sock_alloc+0x3d/0x240 __sock_create+0x7e/0x430 smc_create+0x121/0x240

Freed by task 0: kmem_cache_free+0xcc/0x340 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850

Last potentially related work creation: evict+0x446/0x6c0 smc_clcsock_release+0xa8/0xd0 smc_close_active_abort+0x26a/0x3a0 __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x137/0x2e0

Hold clcsock_release_lock across the pointer check and the getname() callback to serialize with smc_clcsock_release(). Return -EBADF if the CLC socket has already been released, preserving the existing peer state check and the callback's return value otherwise.

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Affected versions 14

  • Linuxaffected: b03faa1fafc8018295401dc558bdc76362d860a4 before e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b03faa1fafc8018295401dc558bdc76362d860a4 before 1512e3714b3946bda75a160a34f22a51710daa43CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b03faa1fafc8018295401dc558bdc76362d860a4 before 6a1833f0d7dc037c8e876b9178ba69d5d107c086CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b03faa1fafc8018295401dc558bdc76362d860a4 before c223da71abfaea2ebb1c7208ae9ebf15038f9388CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b03faa1fafc8018295401dc558bdc76362d860a4 before 64a6b36b0e1855288080bc5f89769f27d6dc03c8CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 0b6153d04c96a1d4b6284692386aa21d04d7956cCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 4.19.299 before 4.20CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 5.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 5.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.113 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.57 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.11 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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