In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname
smc_getname() dereferences smc->clcsock without holding
clcsock_release_lock. Link-group termination can release the CLC socket
through smc_close_active_abort() while the SMC socket is still open,
for example after shutdown(SHUT_WR).
A getsockname() caller can load smc->clcsock, then the termination worker
can clear the pointer and call sock_release() before the caller accesses
clcsock->ops or invokes getname(). This causes a use-after-free; if the
worker clears the pointer before the load, it causes a NULL dereference.
The syscall's file reference keeps the SMC socket alive but does not
prevent asynchronous release of its CLC socket.
KASAN reported the following with test-only timing instrumentation:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888109abb4e0 by task poc/103
Call Trace:
smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0
do_getsockname+0xe5/0x170
__sys_getsockname+0x8c/0x100
Allocated by task 95:
sock_alloc_inode+0x1e/0x280
sock_alloc+0x3d/0x240
__sock_create+0x7e/0x430
smc_create+0x121/0x240
Freed by task 0:
kmem_cache_free+0xcc/0x340
rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850
Last potentially related work creation:
evict+0x446/0x6c0
smc_clcsock_release+0xa8/0xd0
smc_close_active_abort+0x26a/0x3a0
__smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x137/0x2e0
Hold clcsock_release_lock across the pointer check and the getname()
callback to serialize with smc_clcsock_release(). Return -EBADF if the
CLC socket has already been released, preserving the existing peer
state check and the callback's return value otherwise.
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History
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-416 CWE-476 |
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname smc_getname() dereferences smc->clcsock without holding clcsock_release_lock. Link-group termination can release the CLC socket through smc_close_active_abort() while the SMC socket is still open, for example after shutdown(SHUT_WR). A getsockname() caller can load smc->clcsock, then the termination worker can clear the pointer and call sock_release() before the caller accesses clcsock->ops or invokes getname(). This causes a use-after-free; if the worker clears the pointer before the load, it causes a NULL dereference. The syscall's file reference keeps the SMC socket alive but does not prevent asynchronous release of its CLC socket. KASAN reported the following with test-only timing instrumentation: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888109abb4e0 by task poc/103 Call Trace: smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0 do_getsockname+0xe5/0x170 __sys_getsockname+0x8c/0x100 Allocated by task 95: sock_alloc_inode+0x1e/0x280 sock_alloc+0x3d/0x240 __sock_create+0x7e/0x430 smc_create+0x121/0x240 Freed by task 0: kmem_cache_free+0xcc/0x340 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850 Last potentially related work creation: evict+0x446/0x6c0 smc_clcsock_release+0xa8/0xd0 smc_close_active_abort+0x26a/0x3a0 __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x137/0x2e0 Hold clcsock_release_lock across the pointer check and the getname() callback to serialize with smc_clcsock_release(). Return -EBADF if the CLC socket has already been released, preserving the existing peer state check and the callback's return value otherwise. | |
| Title | net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2026-10-23T12:21:36.202Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T12:21:36.202Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.387Z
Link: CVE-2026-99032
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:26.310
Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:26.310
Link: CVE-2026-99032
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