High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80979
net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet
smc_conn_free() calls smc_ism_unset_conn() only while the link group is
still on its device list, and never sets conn->killed.
smc_lgr_terminate_sched() unlinks the group immediately and defers killing
its connections to a work item, so a connection freed in that window keeps
its smcd->conn[] slot with both gates in smcd_handle_irq() open, and the
device can re-arm the receive tasklet after tasklet_kill() has returned. On
the DMB-nocopy path the ghost send buffer is freed right after that drain,
so the re-armed tasklet dereferences it.
Unregister unconditionally and drain before the detach at both teardown
sites, mirroring rmb_desc, which smc_buf_unuse() releases after the drain.
Clear conn->sndbuf_desc before freeing it as well, so a reader that samples
the pointer cannot get one that is already freed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
21f6f41e82e59740e26e06e77bdf58dc7f6f08dd before b6b6ac713ee82b340a8e3be30b101bd2840deec4; ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa before b4d540ac95cd35c6ebab6afb7eae2bcac7b277a5; ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa before 5bd8b764a610b6b6bc0c4d3d01652747f6e0b5c3; ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa before b74d313567dfc1b7e56629ddbad04e728686f235; ae2be35cbed2c8385e890147ea321a3fcc3ca5fa before 36cdf5d48ca191dcd71c28cadbe0981b1d25318d; 6.6.66 before 6.6.157; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80979
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36cdf5d48ca191dcd71c28cadbe0981b1d25318d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd8b764a610b6b6bc0c4d3d01652747f6e0b5c3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4d540ac95cd35c6ebab6afb7eae2bcac7b277a5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6b6ac713ee82b340a8e3be30b101bd2840deec4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74d313567dfc1b7e56629ddbad04e728686f235
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