net/smc: fix qentry overwrite for CONFIRM_LINK and ADD_LINK_CONT in smc_llc_event_handler()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix qentry overwrite for CONFIRM_LINK and ADD_LINK_CONT in smc_llc_event_handler() The SMC_LLC_CONFIRM_LINK / SMC_LLC_ADD_LINK_CONT branch in smc_llc_event_handler() stores an incoming qentry into the local LLC flow without first checking whether a qentry is already pending. If a malicious or buggy peer sends a second CONFIRM_LINK or ADD_LINK_CONT request while a flow is active and flow->qentry is already set, smc_llc_flow_qentry_set() overwrites the pointer without freeing the previous allocation, leaking one kmalloc-96 object per spurious message. The sibling SMC_LLC_DELETE_LINK branch already has the correct !flow->qentry guard. Apply the same guard to the CONFIRM_LINK/ADD_LINK_CONT branch so that a duplicate message when qentry is already occupied falls through to break and is freed by the kfree(qentry) at the out: label, rather than silently leaking the existing allocation. The response direction (smc_llc_rx_response()) is unaffected: it already guards with flow->qentry at the equivalent site and drops duplicate responses correctly.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 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: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74719
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6f64-fmvf-65hv
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e384f3cba6ea709f5b2272b1770db4ce14047f78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e980d7a9e7ee6faf4f5fd7b450413b969af26d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0eb87677c76b157cdf8eb7c1f19e56227165a33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06734dfeaeba886aab1bf147249195b888ac3e4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c23c409228629107203d3c3e95fff1473173f1a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10cb31b2b74cb664c6c95cf72364d7d5c483ab82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfc336a9fbbf09805f3dfe25c195a4db90af2846
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976245094925bab9bc39366b2e9ab44ffcde61d0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74719 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74719 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6f64-fmvf-65hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74719 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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