{"cve":"CVE-2026-31507","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-22T14:16:49.523","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:57.770","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer\n\nsmc_rx_splice() allocates one smc_spd_priv per pipe_buffer and stores\nthe pointer in pipe_buffer.private.  The pipe_buf_operations for these\nbuffers used .get = generic_pipe_buf_get, which only increments the page\nreference count when tee(2) duplicates a pipe buffer.  The smc_spd_priv\npointer itself was not handled, so after tee() both the original and the\ncloned pipe_buffer share the same smc_spd_priv *.\n\nWhen both pipes are subsequently released, smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() is\ncalled twice against the same object:\n\n  1st call: kfree(priv)  sock_put(sk)  smc_rx_update_cons()  [correct]\n  2nd call: kfree(priv)  sock_put(sk)  smc_rx_update_cons()  [UAF]\n\nKASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release(), which\nthen escalates to a NULL-pointer dereference and kernel panic via\nsmc_rx_update_consumer() when it chases the freed priv->smc pointer:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888004a45740 by task smc_splice_tee_/74\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n   print_report+0xce/0x650\n   kasan_report+0xc6/0x100\n   smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0\n   free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130\n   pipe_release+0x142/0x160\n   __fput+0x1c6/0x490\n   __x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90\n   do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n   </TASK>\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\n  RIP: 0010:smc_rx_update_consumer+0x8d/0x350\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x121/0x2a0\n   free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130\n   pipe_release+0x142/0x160\n   __fput+0x1c6/0x490\n   __x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90\n   do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n   </TASK>\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception\n\nBeyond the memory-safety problem, duplicating an SMC splice buffer is\nsemantically questionable: smc_rx_update_cons() would advance the\nconsumer cursor twice for the same data, corrupting receive-window\naccounting.  A refcount on smc_spd_priv could fix the double-free, but\nthe cursor-accounting issue would still need to be addressed separately.\n\nThe .get callback is invoked by both tee(2) and splice_pipe_to_pipe()\nfor partial transfers; both will now return -EFAULT.  Users who need\nto duplicate SMC socket data must use a copy-based read path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24dd586bb4cbba1889a50abe74143817a095c1c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc76380fea749280c026f410af56a28aaac388a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54c87a730157868543ebdfa0ecb21b4590ed23a5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcb974c771c863e8588cea0012ac204443a7126","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8916f46c2f48607f907fd401590093753a6bc5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31507","score":0.00132,"percentile":0.02726,"date":"2026-10-26"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}