CVE-2026-31507 (GCVE-0-2026-31507)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-22 13:54
Modified
2026-04-27 14:03
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer
smc_rx_splice() allocates one smc_spd_priv per pipe_buffer and stores
the pointer in pipe_buffer.private. The pipe_buf_operations for these
buffers used .get = generic_pipe_buf_get, which only increments the page
reference count when tee(2) duplicates a pipe buffer. The smc_spd_priv
pointer itself was not handled, so after tee() both the original and the
cloned pipe_buffer share the same smc_spd_priv *.
When both pipes are subsequently released, smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() is
called twice against the same object:
1st call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [correct]
2nd call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [UAF]
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release(), which
then escalates to a NULL-pointer dereference and kernel panic via
smc_rx_update_consumer() when it chases the freed priv->smc pointer:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888004a45740 by task smc_splice_tee_/74
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
print_report+0xce/0x650
kasan_report+0xc6/0x100
smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0
free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130
pipe_release+0x142/0x160
__fput+0x1c6/0x490
__x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
RIP: 0010:smc_rx_update_consumer+0x8d/0x350
Call Trace:
<TASK>
smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x121/0x2a0
free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130
pipe_release+0x142/0x160
__fput+0x1c6/0x490
__x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Beyond the memory-safety problem, duplicating an SMC splice buffer is
semantically questionable: smc_rx_update_cons() would advance the
consumer cursor twice for the same data, corrupting receive-window
accounting. A refcount on smc_spd_priv could fix the double-free, but
the cursor-accounting issue would still need to be addressed separately.
The .get callback is invoked by both tee(2) and splice_pipe_to_pipe()
for partial transfers; both will now return -EFAULT. Users who need
to duplicate SMC socket data must use a copy-based read path.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f Version: 9014db202cb764b8e14c53e7bacc81f9a1a2ba7f |
||
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