* [CVE-2026-99032][MODERATE 7.0] net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname
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CVE: CVE-2026-99032
Priority: MODERATE 7.0
AL-KERNEL base severity: MODERATE
KPANIC flag: YES
Patch: net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname
Commit: e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9
Upstream patch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9
Original CVE announcement: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/?q=CVE-2026-99032
Analysis date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:50:34 -0400
ActionableScore: 5
ActionableScore lower bound: unknown
Actionable bucket: Actionable Moderate / Strong Important candidate requiring manual review
Manual review required: YES
Summary:
A local SMC socket race permits `smc_getname()` to dereference a released CLC socket and invoke an indirect operation through stale structured state.
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ABOUT THIS REPORT
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The original Linux kernel CVE announcement for CVE-2026-99032 is available here:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/?q=CVE-2026-99032
The original announcement does not normally provide a security severity
estimate, CVSS assessment, or enough information to determine whether the
reported kernel bug represents a practically relevant security issue.
This report was generated by AL-KERNEL, an AI-assisted Linux kernel
vulnerability analysis system developed by Alexander Larkin. It combines
an autonomous classifier with LLM-assisted technical analysis and a
separate ActionableScore mechanism.
The purpose of this report is to prioritize Linux kernel CVEs before
manual review, identify cases that require prompt investigation, and
support automatic closure of issues that are unlikely to have meaningful
security impact.
Published priority for this report: MODERATE 7.0
Manual review required: YES
A detailed explanation of the methodology and priority rules is included
at the end of this message.
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AL-KERNEL CLASSIFICATION RESULT
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CVE-2026-99032 MODERATE https://www.kernelcve.org/list/?q=CVE-2026-99032 CHECK WITH IMPACT FROM ORIG NN MODERATE | AEGIS IMPACT MODERATE_KPANIC AEGIS_AS=4 LEGACY=MODERATE_KPANIC RESULT=SAME (final reconciliation agrees; DECISION: both MODERATE_KPANIC) Maybe valid. Check manually. Hints by AL-KERNEL: The best (paranoid) CVSS is 'AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H';*CWE-416;CWE-362;**CWE-476;Other CVSS 'AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H';BEST CVSS score: '7';DESCR 'A race in smc_getname allows smc clcsock to be released asynchronously after its pointer is loaded but before clcsock ops or the getname callback is accessed. This produces a confirmed slab use after free and may instead produce a NULL pointer dereference when the termination worker clears the pointer first. For the CVSS the PR:L value is selected because a local user or process must create or operate an SMC socket and invoke shutdown and getsockname. AC:H reflects the required timing window between the syscall and link group termination. The demonstrated impact is a local kernel crash. The paranoid score uses C:H I:H A:H because the stale socket is dereferenced and supplies an indirect ops callback target after free which creates a plausible but unproven privilege escalation path through controlled slab reuse. Automated impact decision path. The original SimpleNet classifier selected MODERATE. The primary LLM estimated paranoid CVSS 7 and the production ActionableScore returned 5 with recommendation Actionable Moderate / Strong Important candidate requiring manual review. The production rules then evaluated CVSS thresholds and ActionableScore thresholds. Recorded rule transitions were CVSS and initial triage stage MODERATE to MODERATE_KPANIC because the CVSS score, vector or bug class threshold rule was applied. The legacy KP specialist produced a review artifact and its decision was processed by the applicable KP rules. The legacy FD or DH downgrade specialist has no review artifact for this run. Exact triggered rule markers were INCREASED_TO_HIGH_BASED_ON_GUESSCVSS and LOWERED_FROM_HIGH_BASED_ON_NULLPTR. The independent weaker Aegis shadow evaluated CVSS 2.5 and ActionableScore 4 with primitive class CLASS_B and manual review REQUIRED. Its independently reconciled impact was MODERATE_KPANIC. The shadow agreed with the final production impact and aggregation did not change that impact. The final reported impact is MODERATE_KPANIC.';YES REQUIRES MANUAL CHECK; ,and ActionableScore result is Actionable Moderate / Strong Important candidate requiring manual review (with actual score 5) MAYBE READ LOCK DANGER NULLPTR UAF IMPROVEONLY LINUS TEST KPANIC INCREASED_TO_HIGH_BASED_ON_GUESSCVSS KPANIC LOWERED_FROM_HIGH_BASED_ON_NULLPTR - - checked
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ACTIONABLESCORE ANALYSIS
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ActionableScore=5
PrimitiveClass=CLASS_B
RealUAF=YES
HostAdminRequired=NO
NamespaceScopedPrivilege=NO
ImportantCandidate=YES
ManualReview=REQUIRED
AutoDowngradeAllowed=NO
RequiresHostUID0=NO
AuthorizationDecisionBypass=NO
ProtectedResourceImpact=NONE
B4PendingReview=NO
B4PendingConfirmed=NO
1. ActionableScore
* Raw base score: 3.
* Conservative score: 5. REAL UAF FLOOR 5 applied because a below-host-admin syscall reaches an active structured socket whose stale `ops->getname` callback is consumed.
* Raw paranoid score: 3.
* Paranoid score: 5. No additional speculative reclaim or C/I points.
* Final recommended bucket: **Actionable Moderate / Strong Important candidate requiring manual review**::
2. Signal breakdown
* +2 Real UAF: `clcsock` can be released before `smc_getname()` dereferences it.
* +1 Reliable kernel crash: KASAN confirms slab UAF; the alternate race produces a NULL dereference.
* +1 Local unprivileged trigger: the supplied call path grounds socket operations through `getsockname()` and `shutdown()` without host-admin authority.
* -1 Hard timing: demonstrated reproduction required test-only timing instrumentation between pointer load and asynchronous release.
* Floor 5: stale structured state supplies `clcsock->ops` and an indirect callback invocation, giving material exploit surface beyond a fixed stale buffer.
Not awarded: controlled reclaim, attacker-shaped replacement contents, arbitrary write, disclosure, integrity impact, or proven LPE. Structured-stale leverage is not separately scored because material reuse control is absent. The same crash receives no extra availability point.
3. Reachability analysis
The assessed actor is a local non-root process operating its own SMC socket. No capability or namespace-scoped privilege check is shown, and host UID 0 is unnecessary. The process drives `shutdown()` and `getsockname()`, while asynchronous link-group termination performs the release. Specialized SMC infrastructure is relevant, but no rare-hardware penalty is justified by the supplied evidence. The race window appears difficult but can be retried with socket operations.
4. Primitive and severity reading
This is a confirmed CLASS_B UAF of an active structured `struct socket`, not fixed stale storage. Release clears and frees `clcsock`; the concurrent syscall then reads its `ops` pointer and may invoke `getname`. That callback consumption creates material unknown leverage past the demonstrated crash, but no controlled callback target or reclaim is proven. ImportantCandidate is therefore YES for Important-versus-Moderate review, while CLASS_A and high-impact C/I claims are unsupported. Auto-downgrade is unsafe because a below-host-admin active-object UAF reaches an indirect operation.
5. One-sentence report phrase
A local SMC socket race permits `smc_getname()` to dereference a released CLC socket and invoke an indirect operation through stale structured state.
6. Manual review advice
MANUAL CHECK REQUIRED
Review reclaim behavior and whether repeated socket allocation can influence the stale socket’s `ops` callback target.
7. Call-site confidence
Call-site confidence: high
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UPSTREAM PATCH SUMMARY
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Patch: net/smc: protect clcsock lifetime in smc_getname
Commit: e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9
Upstream URL: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9
Commit description:
smc_getname() dereferences smc->clcsock without holding
clcsock_release_lock. Link-group termination can release the CLC socket
through smc_close_active_abort() while the SMC socket is still open,
for example after shutdown(SHUT_WR).
A getsockname() caller can load smc->clcsock, then the termination worker
can clear the pointer and call sock_release() before the caller accesses
clcsock->ops or invokes getname(). This causes a use-after-free; if the
worker clears the pointer before the load, it causes a NULL dereference.
The syscall's file reference keeps the SMC socket alive but does not
prevent asynchronous release of its CLC socket.
KASAN reported the following with test-only timing instrumentation:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888109abb4e0 by task poc/103
Call Trace:
smc_getname+0x19e/0x1b0
do_getsockname+0xe5/0x170
__sys_getsockname+0x8c/0x100
Allocated by task 95:
sock_alloc_inode+0x1e/0x280
sock_alloc+0x3d/0x240
__sock_create+0x7e/0x430
smc_create+0x121/0x240
Freed by task 0:
kmem_cache_free+0xcc/0x340
rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850
Last potentially related work creation:
evict+0x446/0x6c0
smc_clcsock_release+0xa8/0xd0
smc_close_active_abort+0x26a/0x3a0
__smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x137/0x2e0
Hold clcsock_release_lock across the pointer check and the getname()
callback to serialize with smc_clcsock_release(). Return -EBADF if the
CLC socket has already been released, preserving the existing peer
state check and the callback's return value otherwise.
Fixes: b03faa1 ("net/smc: postpone release of clcsock")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mahanta Jambigi <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dust Li <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Changed files:
net/smc/af_smc.c
Diff excerpt:
Not included in this email. See the upstream URL for the full patch.
Full patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=e607017a553d2a48e428ec8b8ffb06bf3bb92ce9
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DETAILED REPORT METHODOLOGY
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The original Linux kernel CVE announcement for CVE-2026-99032 can be found here:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/?q=CVE-2026-99032
The original CVE announcement normally does not include a security-level
estimate. In particular, it may not contain a CVSS assessment, an impact
level, or enough information to determine whether the reported bug is a
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is to provide that missing technical and prioritization information.
The original goal of the AL-KERNEL project was to prioritize Linux kernel
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identify non-security issues that may be suitable for automatic closure.
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Two CVSS estimates are retained because incomplete kernel vulnerability
information often permits more than one defensible interpretation:
Conservative CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The Best / paranoid CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The Best / paranoid CVSS score: 7
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Conservative ActionableScore: unknown
Paranoid ActionableScore: 5
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KPANIC detected for this report: YES
Published priority for this report (same as in Subject): MODERATE 7.0
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