CVE-2026-46027 PUBLISHED

net/smc: avoid early lgr access in smc_clc_wait_msg

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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

net/smc: avoid early lgr access in smc_clc_wait_msg

A CLC decline can be received while the handshake is still in an early stage, before the connection has been associated with a link group.

The decline handling in smc_clc_wait_msg() updates link-group level sync state for first-contact declines, but that state only exists after link group setup has completed. Guard the link-group update accordingly and keep the per-socket peer diagnosis handling unchanged.

This preserves the existing sync_err handling for established link-group contexts and avoids touching link-group state before it is available.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0cfdd8f92cac01afbb12e4500514036a2b78756b to f0858e1d5624bb120b198f2a8528f97a9b0ae069 (excl.)
  • affected from 0cfdd8f92cac01afbb12e4500514036a2b78756b to 6180a296ca65b08a81914805cbc0f78da5f10a1f (excl.)
  • affected from 0cfdd8f92cac01afbb12e4500514036a2b78756b to ea0b5d0fe96356dce38f98375a57c52a04e13712 (excl.)
  • affected from 0cfdd8f92cac01afbb12e4500514036a2b78756b to 83bcf9228b0501694fb2589ed1d142855a2887f2 (excl.)
  • affected from 0cfdd8f92cac01afbb12e4500514036a2b78756b to 5a8db80f721deee8e916c2cfdee78decda02ce4f (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.140 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.86 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.27 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.4 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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