CVE-2026-80979

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet

CVE-2026-80979 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80979, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0013
2nd percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet smc_conn_free() calls smc_ism_unset_conn() only while the link group is still on its device list, and never sets conn->killed. smc_lgr_terminate_sched() unlinks the group immediately and defers killing its connections to a work item, so a connection freed in that window keeps its smcd->conn[] slot with both gates in smcd_handle_irq() open, and the device can re-arm the receive tasklet after tasklet_kill() has returned. On the DMB-nocopy path the ghost send buffer is freed right after that drain, so the re-armed tasklet dereferences it. Unregister unconditionally and drain before the detach at both teardown sites, mirroring rmb_desc, which smc_buf_unuse() releases after the drain. Clear conn->sndbuf_desc before freeing it as well, so a reader that samples the pointer cannot get one that is already freed.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.25 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80979 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80979 Sep 23, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80979 Sep 23, 2026

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