Status: UPDATED | Advisory ID: CVE-2026-64048
| CVE | CVE-2026-64048 |
| CVSS Score / Version | |
| Updated | 2026-10-16 |
| CVSS Vector | |
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| Affected products | |
| Classified as |
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | Patch Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel |
| Subsystems | OT Supporting Infrastructure |
| Sectors | All Sectors |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot
On the SMC-D client, slot 0 of ini->ism_dev[]/ini->ism_chid[] is
reserved for an SMC-Dv1 device. smc_find_ism_v2_device_clnt()
populates V2 entries starting at index 1, so when no V1 device is
selected slot 0 is left in its kzalloc()'ed state with ism_dev[0] ==
NULL and ism_chid[0] == 0.
smc_v2_determine_accepted_chid() then matches the peer's CHID against
the array starting from index 0 using the CHID alone. A malicious
peer replying to a SMC-Dv2-only proposal with d1.chid == 0 matches
the empty slot, ini->ism_selected becomes 0, and the subsequent
ism_dev[0]->lgr_lock dereference in smc_conn_create() faults at
offsetof(struct smcd_dev, lgr_lock) == 0x68:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x79/0xe0
Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000068 by task exploit/144
Call Trace:
_raw_spin_lock_bh
smc_conn_create (net/smc/smc_core.c:1997)
__smc_connect (net/smc/af_smc.c:1447)
smc_connect (net/smc/af_smc.c:1720)
__sys_connect
__x64_sys_connect
do_syscall_64
Require ism_dev[i] to be non-NULL before accepting a CHID match. (NVD)
Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| NVD | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64048 |
| CVE | https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64048 |