{"cve":"CVE-2026-31538","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-24T15:16:27.740","modified":"2026-06-17T10:33:56.200","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available\n\nThe logic off managing recv credits by counting posted recv_io and\ngranted credits is racy.\n\nThat's because the peer might already consumed a credit,\nbut between receiving the incoming recv at the hardware\nand processing the completion in the 'recv_done' functions\nwe likely have a window where we grant credits, which\ndon't really exist.\n\nSo we better have a decicated counter for the\navailable credits, which will be incremented\nwhen we posted new recv buffers and drained when\nwe grant the credits to the peer.\n\nThis fixes regression Namjae reported with\nthe 6.18 release.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26ad87a2cfb8c1384620d1693a166ed87303046e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66c082e3d4651e8629a393a9e182b01eb50fb0a3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809cbd31aa4f87a1b889532244c9cf30eb022385"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:09.003606135+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31538","score":0.00426,"percentile":0.36909,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}