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smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set(). smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU nor RTNL. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF. Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dev_dst_rcu() under rcu_read_lock() after kernel_getsockname(). Note that the returned value of smc_clc_prfx_set() is not used in the caller. While at it, we change the 1st arg of smc_clc_prfx_set[46]_rcu() not to touch dst there.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.187, 6.12.108, 6.17.3, 6.6.156
CVEs
CVE-2025-40139
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 14:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Nov 2025, 10:23 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set(). smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU nor RTNL. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF. Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dev_dst_rcu() under rcu_read_lock() after kernel_getsockname(). Note that the returned value of smc_clc_prfx_set() is not used in the caller. While at it, we change the 1st arg of smc_clc_prfx_set[46]_rcu() not to touch dst there.

osv:CVE-2025-40139

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, 6.17.3

Complete source record
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