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TI-2025-26736 Aliases CVE-2025-40064GHSA-c442-5cxr-p4xq

smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev().

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 32 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev(). syzbot reported use-after-free of net_device in __pnet_find_base_ndev(), which was called during connect(). [0] smc_pnet_find_ism_resource() fetches sk_dst_get(sk)->dev and passes down to pnet_find_base_ndev(), where RTNL is held. Then, UAF happened at __pnet_find_base_ndev() when the dev is first used. This means dev had already been freed before acquiring RTNL in pnet_find_base_ndev(). While dev is going away, dst->dev could be swapped with blackhole_netdev, and the dev's refcnt by dst will be released. We must hold dev's refcnt before calling smc_pnet_find_ism_resource(). Also, smc_pnet_find_roce_resource() has the same problem. Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in the two functions. [0]: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev+0x1b1/0x1c0 net/smc/smc_pnet.c:926 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888036bac33a by task syz.0.3632/18609 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18609 Comm: syz.0.3632 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 __pnet_find_base_ndev+0x1b1/0x1c0 net/smc/smc_pnet.c:926 pnet_find_base_ndev net/smc/smc_pnet.c:946 [inline] smc_pnet_find_ism_by_pnetid net/smc/smc_pnet.c:1103 [inline] smc_pnet_find_ism_resource+0xef/0x390 net/smc/smc_pnet.c:1154 smc_find_ism_device net/smc/af_smc.c:1030 [inline] smc_find_proposal_devices net/smc/af_smc.c:1115 [inline] __smc_connect+0x372/0x1890 net/smc/af_smc.c:1545 smc_connect+0x877/0xd90 net/smc/af_smc.c:1715 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2086 [inline] __sys_connect+0x313/0x440 net/socket.c:2105 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2111 [inline] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2108 [inline] __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2108 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f47cbf8eba9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f47ccdb1038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f47cc1d5fa0 RCX: 00007f47cbf8eba9 RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: 000000000000000b RBP: 00007f47cc011e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f47cc1d6038 R14: 00007f47cc1d5fa0 R15: 00007ffc512f8aa8 </TASK> The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff888036bacd00 pfn:0x36bac flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) raw: 00fff00000000000 ffffea0001243d08 ffff8880b863fdc0 0000000000000000 raw: ffff888036bacd00 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner tracks the page as freed page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x446dc0(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL|__GFP_COMP), pid 16741, tgid 16741 (syz-executor), ts 343313197788, free_ts 380670750466 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline] post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline] get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5148 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2416 ___kmalloc_large_node+0x5f/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:4317 __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x18/0x90 mm/slub.c:4348 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4364 [inline] __kvmalloc_node ---truncated---

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0015 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108 +2Red Hat: 11 advisoriesRed Hat: 32 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.19 and later6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, 6.17.3, 6.18Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.19 and later Fixed in 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, 6.17.3, 6.18 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, 6.17.3, 6.18

Red Hat 11 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:63129 Released 2026-09-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, libperf-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 +9
  • RHSA-2026:27708 Released 2026-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, libperf-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) kernel-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-570.123.1.el9_6 +11
  • RHSA-2026:9643 Released 2026-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.189.1.el8_4 +14
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  • RHSA-2026:9514 Released 2026-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.188.1.el8_6 +14
  • RHSA-2026:9513 Released 2026-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) bpftool-4.18.0-193.195.1.el8_2, kernel-4.18.0-193.195.1.el8_2, kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-193.195.1.el8_2 +14
  • RHSA-2026:6954 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8) bpftool-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8) bpftool-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8 +14
  • RHSA-2026:4111 Released 2026-03-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, libperf-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-55.63.1.el10_0 +11
  • RHSA-2026:3110 Released 2026-02-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel-rt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.107.1.rt7.448.el8_10 +7
  • RHSA-2026:3083 Released 2026-02-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.107.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.107.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.107.1.el8_10 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.107.1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:2722 Released 2026-02-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, libperf-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-611.34.1.el9_7 +9
  • RHSA-2026:2721 Released 2026-02-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, libperf-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:27708
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:2721
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:2722, RHSA-2026:63129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:4111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:27708
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:2721
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:3083
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:2722, RHSA-2026:63129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2026:9513
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:9643
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:9514
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:9514
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:6954
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:4111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:27708
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:9643
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:9514
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:6954
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:3083
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:2721
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:2722, RHSA-2026:63129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:4111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:3110
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:3110
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:2721
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:2722, RHSA-2026:63129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:4111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:27708
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:2721
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:2722, RHSA-2026:63129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0)Fixed RHSA-2026:4111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:27708
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40064
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c442-5cxr-p4xq

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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