net/smc: do not dereference an unset send buffer on the SMC-D teardown path
smc_close_stream_wait() calls smc_tx_prepared_sends() from inside its
sk_wait_event() condition, and sk_wait_event() evaluates that condition
once with the socket lock released. smcd_buf_detach() clears
conn->sndbuf_desc from smc_conn_kill() under lock_sock(), so a link group
terminating while a socket waits there leaves the helper dereferencing
NULL, faulting out of close(). SIOCOUTQ reads the field by hand, and
smc_close_cancel_work() drops the lock across two cancel_*_sync() calls.
Sample the pointer once in the helper, report nothing prepared while it is
unset, and bound the ioctl the same way. The receive tasklet dereferences
the field directly in smc_cdc_msg_recv_action(), not through this helper;
1/2 is what keeps it from running that late.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: do not dereference an unset send buffer on the SMC-D teardown path smc_close_stream_wait() calls smc_tx_prepared_sends() from inside its sk_wait_event() condition, and sk_wait_event() evaluates that condition once with the socket lock released. smcd_buf_detach() clears conn->sndbuf_desc from smc_conn_kill() under lock_sock(), so a link group terminating while a socket waits there leaves the helper dereferencing NULL, faulting out of close(). SIOCOUTQ reads the field by hand, and smc_close_cancel_work() drops the lock across two cancel_*_sync() calls. Sample the pointer once in the helper, report nothing prepared while it is unset, and bound the ioctl the same way. The receive tasklet dereferences the field directly in smc_cdc_msg_recv_action(), not through this helper; 1/2 is what keeps it from running that late. | |
| Title | net/smc: do not dereference an unset send buffer on the SMC-D teardown path | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:42:43.573Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.811Z
Link: CVE-2026-80984
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:04.920
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:04.920
Link: CVE-2026-80984
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