{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-80986", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-26T14:34:25.811Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-11T19:42:44.904Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-11T19:42:44.904Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-11T19:42:44.904Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: bound the peer rkey counts in SMC-Rv2 LLC messages\n\nOn a link whose device has max_recv_sge == 1 there is no shared v2 receive\nbuffer, and smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys() takes the v2 extension from 44\nbytes past the start of the queue entry's inline message:\n\n ext = (struct smc_llc_msg_add_link_v2_ext *)(llc_msg + SMC_WR_TX_SIZE);\n\nThe entry is a 72-byte allocation and the extension starts at offset 68, so\next->num_rkeys at offset 94 is already past it. This happens on every\nSMC-Rv2 link addition, whatever the peer sends:\n\n [ 2.490065] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490431] Read of size 2 at addr ffff8880056406de by task smctest/106\n [ 2.490709]\n [ 2.490792] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: smctest Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-p1-g77a5d9d9c99f #32 PREEMPT(lazy)\n [ 2.490795] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n [ 2.490798] Call Trace:\n [ 2.490803] <TASK>\n [ 2.490805] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n [ 2.490810] print_report+0xd0/0x630\n [ 2.490828] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490832] ? smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490834] kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n [ 2.490836] ? smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490837] smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490839] ? smcr_buf_map_lgr+0x1bf/0x2b0\n [ 2.490844] smc_llc_cli_add_link+0xca7/0x1e80\n [ 2.490848] ? smc_llc_wait+0x355/0x810\n [ 2.490850] ? __pfx_smc_llc_wait+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490851] ? __pfx_smc_llc_cli_add_link+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490853] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490863] __smc_connect+0x3f5c/0x4980\n [ 2.490873] ? __pfx_kernel_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490888] ? __pfx___smc_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490891] ? release_sock+0x148/0x1d0\n [ 2.490894] smc_connect+0x42c/0x580\n [ 2.490896] __sys_connect+0xfc/0x130\n [ 2.490898] ? __pfx___sys_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490900] ? handle_mm_fault+0x1a1/0x430\n [ 2.490908] __x64_sys_connect+0x6d/0xb0\n [ 2.490909] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x56/0xe0\n [ 2.490917] do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540\n [ 2.490921] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n [ 2.490924] RIP: 0033:0x421bb4\n [ 2.490927] Code: ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d ad 34 09 00 00 74 13 b8 2a 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 4c c3 0f 1f 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 10 89 55\n [ 2.490929] RSP: 002b:00007ffd473b01a8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a\n [ 2.490935] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000421bb4\n [ 2.490936] RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 00007ffd473b01d0 RDI: 0000000000000003\n [ 2.490937] RBP: 0000000000003930 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000000\n [ 2.490938] R10: 00007ffd473b0f98 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000006\n [ 2.490939] R13: 00007ffd473b0f87 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007ffd473b0f90\n [ 2.490940] </TASK>\n [ 2.490941]\n [ 2.499545] Allocated by task 44:\n [ 2.499693] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n [ 2.499860] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n [ 2.500026] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n [ 2.500190] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x158/0x370\n [ 2.500393] smc_llc_enqueue+0x72/0x560\n [ 2.500559] smc_wr_rx_tasklet_fn+0x474/0xa80\n [ 2.500747] tasklet_action_common+0x20f/0x8a0\n [ 2.500945] handle_softirqs+0x18e/0x590\n [ 2.501115] do_softirq+0x3b/0x60\n [ 2.501266] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x70\n [ 2.501446] __alloc_skb+0x732/0x890\n [ 2.501604] rxe_init_packet+0x16b/0x4f0\n [ 2.501783] prepare_ack_packet+0xb8/0x830\n [ 2.501962] rxe_receiver+0x495/0x96e0\n [ 2.502125] do_work+0x144/0x470\n [ 2.502269] process_one_work+0x633/0x1030\n [ 2.502450] worker_thread+0x45b/0xd10\n [ 2.50261\n---truncated---"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/smc/smc_llc.c"], "versions": [{"version": "27ef6a9981fe74191849966a6d5e0400a4008ab8", "lessThan": "486c699a8cde82c1d9b4f443eeab4ddf86358cb0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "27ef6a9981fe74191849966a6d5e0400a4008ab8", "lessThan": "5e5d9e6df677d30a2203d257b5fd8b99814fa607", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "27ef6a9981fe74191849966a6d5e0400a4008ab8", "lessThan": "2d1e7c5aaa3326e95e2058457f172ca99a9a4577", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/smc/smc_llc.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.14", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.14", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486c699a8cde82c1d9b4f443eeab4ddf86358cb0"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5d9e6df677d30a2203d257b5fd8b99814fa607"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1e7c5aaa3326e95e2058457f172ca99a9a4577"}], "title": "net/smc: bound the peer rkey counts in SMC-Rv2 LLC messages", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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This happens on every\nSMC-Rv2 link addition, whatever the peer sends:\n\n [ 2.490065] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490431] Read of size 2 at addr ffff8880056406de by task smctest/106\n [ 2.490709]\n [ 2.490792] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: smctest Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-p1-g77a5d9d9c99f #32 PREEMPT(lazy)\n [ 2.490795] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n [ 2.490798] Call Trace:\n [ 2.490803] <TASK>\n [ 2.490805] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n [ 2.490810] print_report+0xd0/0x630\n [ 2.490828] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490832] ? smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490834] kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n [ 2.490836] ? smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490837] smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys+0x333/0x350\n [ 2.490839] ? smcr_buf_map_lgr+0x1bf/0x2b0\n [ 2.490844] smc_llc_cli_add_link+0xca7/0x1e80\n [ 2.490848] ? smc_llc_wait+0x355/0x810\n [ 2.490850] ? __pfx_smc_llc_wait+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490851] ? __pfx_smc_llc_cli_add_link+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490853] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490863] __smc_connect+0x3f5c/0x4980\n [ 2.490873] ? __pfx_kernel_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490888] ? __pfx___smc_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490891] ? release_sock+0x148/0x1d0\n [ 2.490894] smc_connect+0x42c/0x580\n [ 2.490896] __sys_connect+0xfc/0x130\n [ 2.490898] ? __pfx___sys_connect+0x10/0x10\n [ 2.490900] ? handle_mm_fault+0x1a1/0x430\n [ 2.490908] __x64_sys_connect+0x6d/0xb0\n [ 2.490909] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x56/0xe0\n [ 2.490917] do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540\n [ 2.490921] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n [ 2.490924] RIP: 0033:0x421bb4\n [ 2.490927] Code: ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d ad 34 09 00 00 74 13 b8 2a 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 4c c3 0f 1f 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 10 89 55\n [ 2.490929] RSP: 002b:00007ffd473b01a8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a\n [ 2.490935] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000421bb4\n [ 2.490936] RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 00007ffd473b01d0 RDI: 0000000000000003\n [ 2.490937] RBP: 0000000000003930 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000000\n [ 2.490938] R10: 00007ffd473b0f98 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000006\n [ 2.490939] R13: 00007ffd473b0f87 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007ffd473b0f90\n [ 2.490940] </TASK>\n [ 2.490941]\n [ 2.499545] Allocated by task 44:\n [ 2.499693] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n [ 2.499860] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n [ 2.500026] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n [ 2.500190] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x158/0x370\n [ 2.500393] smc_llc_enqueue+0x72/0x560\n [ 2.500559] smc_wr_rx_tasklet_fn+0x474/0xa80\n [ 2.500747] tasklet_action_common+0x20f/0x8a0\n [ 2.500945] handle_softirqs+0x18e/0x590\n [ 2.501115] do_softirq+0x3b/0x60\n [ 2.501266] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x61/0x70\n [ 2.501446] __alloc_skb+0x732/0x890\n [ 2.501604] rxe_init_packet+0x16b/0x4f0\n [ 2.501783] prepare_ack_packet+0xb8/0x830\n [ 2.501962] rxe_receiver+0x495/0x96e0\n [ 2.502125] do_work+0x144/0x470\n [ 2.502269] process_one_work+0x633/0x1030\n [ 2.502450] worker_thread+0x45b/0xd10\n [ 2.50261\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2026-80986", "lastModified": "2026-09-11T20:19:05.180", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:05.180", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1e7c5aaa3326e95e2058457f172ca99a9a4577"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486c699a8cde82c1d9b4f443eeab4ddf86358cb0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5d9e6df677d30a2203d257b5fd8b99814fa607"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service in SMC-Rv2 due to out-of-bounds write", "id": "2532205", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532205"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.1", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-787", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SMC-Rv2 network component. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted message during an SMC-Rv2 link addition. This can lead to a slab-out-of-bounds write, potentially causing a system crash and resulting in a denial of service."], "name": "CVE-2026-80986", "public_date": "2026-09-11T19:42:44Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80986\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80986\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1e7c5aaa3326e95e2058457f172ca99a9a4577\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486c699a8cde82c1d9b4f443eeab4ddf86358cb0\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5d9e6df677d30a2203d257b5fd8b99814fa607"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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