CVE-2026-74719

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74719
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74719.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74719
Downstream
Published
2026-08-22T15:33:12Z
Modified
2026-08-24T11:47:24Z
Summary
net/smc: fix qentry overwrite for CONFIRM_LINK and ADD_LINK_CONT in smc_llc_event_handler()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: fix qentry overwrite for CONFIRM_LINK and ADD_LINK_CONT in smc_llc_event_handler()

The SMC_LLC_CONFIRM_LINK / SMC_LLC_ADD_LINK_CONT branch in smc_llc_event_handler() stores an incoming qentry into the local LLC flow without first checking whether a qentry is already pending. If a malicious or buggy peer sends a second CONFIRM_LINK or ADD_LINK_CONT request while a flow is active and flow->qentry is already set, smc_llc_flow_qentry_set() overwrites the pointer without freeing the previous allocation, leaking one kmalloc-96 object per spurious message.

The sibling SMC_LLC_DELETE_LINK branch already has the correct !flow->qentry guard. Apply the same guard to the CONFIRM_LINK/ADD_LINK_CONT branch so that a duplicate message when qentry is already occupied falls through to break and is freed by the kfree(qentry) at the out: label, rather than silently leaking the existing allocation.

The response direction (smc_llc_rx_response()) is unaffected: it already guards with flow->qentry at the equivalent site and drops duplicate responses correctly.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74719.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0fb0b02bd6fd26cba38002be4a6bbcae2228fd44
Fixed
e384f3cba6ea709f5b2272b1770db4ce14047f78
Fixed
a1e980d7a9e7ee6faf4f5fd7b450413b969af26d
Fixed
e0eb87677c76b157cdf8eb7c1f19e56227165a33
Fixed
06734dfeaeba886aab1bf147249195b888ac3e4d
Fixed
c23c409228629107203d3c3e95fff1473173f1a6
Fixed
10cb31b2b74cb664c6c95cf72364d7d5c483ab82
Fixed
bfc336a9fbbf09805f3dfe25c195a4db90af2846
Fixed
976245094925bab9bc39366b2e9ab44ffcde61d0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74719.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.8.0
Fixed
5.10.265
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.216
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.183
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.152
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.104
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.45
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74719.json"