net/smc: fix TOCTOU race between smc_listen_out() and listener close (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74692
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix TOCTOU race between smc_listen_out() and listener close smc_listen_out() reads lsmc->sk.sk_state without the listener lock, then acquires lock_sock_nested() only after the check passes. This opens a window where smc_close_active() can transition the listener to SMC_CLOSED, call smc_close_cleanup_listen() to drain the accept queue, and release the lock, all between the lockless read and the delayed lock acquisition: smc_listen_work (smc_hs_wq) smc_close_active() ------------------------------- ------------------------- release_sock(child) if (sk_state == SMC_LISTEN) TRUE lock_sock(listener) sk_state = SMC_CLOSED smc_close_cleanup_listen() release_sock(listener) flush_work(tcp_listen_work) lock_sock_nested(listener) smc_accept_enqueue(listener, child) /* child enqueued on dead listener */ smc_close_active() flushes only tcp_listen_work. Work items already dispatched onto smc_hs_wq for the CLC handshake continue running unguarded. smc_accept_enqueue() takes a sock_hold() on the child that is never released, so the child smc_sock, its clcsock, and the reference all leak. A remote peer that opens TCP connections while the server calls close() can exhaust kernel memory. Move lock_sock_nested() to before the sk_state check so that the test and the enqueue are atomic under the listener lock.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < 53c7938d8bcfde3296ec1a347ba2a9393c1fdcfa ; affected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < feb71634bb1abab3e8fb5cde874b27001cc1282e ; affected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < 01865e1ddb126b25ac9eba5cdd7ec49e11183a64 ; affected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < 00f89433777236ced4771211047fb5d4cd581cea ; affected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < 78e5ebcd1c10ed7c8bda0a99e0abd5b62da86d67 ; affected fd57770dd198f5b2ddd5b9e6bf282cf98d63adb9 < ff5bcd804b5bc5c64736b7d318c20e12ea9506b8
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.1 ; unaffected 0 < 5.1 ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.104 ≤ 6.12.*

Sources

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