net/smc: fix socket use-after-free during link group termination
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 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: net/smc: fix socket use-after-free during link group termination __smc_lgr_terminate() drops conns_lock after finding a connection in lgr->conns_all, but before taking a reference on its socket. The connection is embedded in the socket, and its registration reference protects it only while the connection remains in the tree. A concurrent close can unregister the connection and drop that reference, freeing the socket before the termination worker reaches sock_hold(). The race is reachable when close overlaps link group termination. Local stress testing reproduced the use-after-free and KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0 [smc] Write of size 4 by task kworker/3:3 Workqueue: events smc_lgr_terminate_work [smc] __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0 [smc] The socket was allocated by smc_create(), freed through slab_free_after_rcu_debug(), and was followed by: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0 [smc] Take the socket reference while conns_lock still protects the tree entry. The unregister path then cannot drop the last reference until termination has finished using the socket.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74493
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhjj-46q7-2hx6
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff44f2df57fb5560bdc75eb977867643e764a262
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fb17c95b8f0683570fca1fb2792264147af937a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea8dc14de2d56aca749d368563e6888217710a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a42f162b857019a4c10ff687dc3bcdf51831865
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/281c103a8eaed59001ce952f231df1b07674215a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f807a63d0d95680c34f677700da9148a07d7c78f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0541a775d04c88e90ba448e35ce0d743512822a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f621d6ebeebb6374342571e4ddf45fdbc420f6cd
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xhjj-46q7-2hx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74493 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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