net/smc: release the internal TCP sock on IPPROTO_SMC socket creation failure
CVE-2026-90065 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90065, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: release the internal TCP sock on IPPROTO_SMC socket creation failure IPPROTO_SMC sockets create an internal TCP sock ("clcsock") from the proto->init hook. When socket creation fails after proto->init has run - e.g. a cgroup BPF program attached to BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE denies the socket - sk_common_release() only invokes sk_prot->destroy if it is set, but neither smc_inet_prot nor smc_inet6_prot defines it, and smc_destruct() returns early unless sk_state is SMC_CLOSED. As a result, every failing socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_SMC) call leaks one tcp_sock, so an unprivileged task able to attach a deny-all BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE program to its own cgroup can grow kernel memory unboundedly. Add a .destroy hook to both protos that releases the clcsock via smc_clcsock_release(). smc_sk_init() hashes the sock into the smc hashinfo before the clcsock is created, and smc_diag dumps walk that hash dereferencing smc->clcsock without taking clcsock_release_lock, while sk_common_release() calls .destroy before .unhash. Unhash the sock before releasing the clcsock, as __smc_release() does, so a concurrent dump cannot observe the release; the second unhash in sk_common_release() is a no-op.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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-2026-90065 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90065 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90065 | Sep 23, 2026 |
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