CVE-2026-74631 (GCVE-0-2026-74631)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:32 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
net: smc: fix splice entry lifetime imbalance in smc_rx_splice
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: smc: fix splice entry lifetime imbalance in smc_rx_splice
smc_rx_splice() passes pages to splice_to_pipe() before taking the
references that cover the lifetime of each splice entry. In the
VM-backed RMB path, splice_to_pipe() may drop unqueued entries through
smc_rx_spd_release(), while queued entries are released later via the
pipe buffer callback.
The old post-splice accounting also derives the number of queued VM pages
from an offset mutated while building the descriptor, and a multi-page
splice pairs one sock_hold() with multiple sock_put() calls.
Take the page and socket references for every candidate entry before
splice_to_pipe(), and drop the matching private state, page reference,
and socket reference from smc_rx_spd_release() for entries that never
get queued. This fixes a refcount imbalance that can underflow page
refcounts and trigger a use-after-free.
Severity
8.4 (High)
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < 7ddc7af2ae7fc5a0c0635b245c0824c8b76de5cb
(git)
Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < 07ad246529d136d5ef441d5ab4c305d132ff3090 (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < c841789e456ec6751342fa800639ce8e82ff0e6b (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < af02c67ce654356c58db20a0bb2db33ace3b07a8 (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < ca8342b5fc24c249fdb998468f6a168b457c67e5 (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < 0b7d54cedea5cb158e21925ae0c6c2f5c87ed2a0 (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < 4515c78f4d9fd577270f012efeb062ea58b3682d (git) Affected: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f , < 5d9686af2976741bbd79b150d1c9e60b81e7f12e (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.18 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.266 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.152 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.104 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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