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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2026-46330 json

Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"

published 2026-06-09 5 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-35431

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"

This reverts commit d7cd421da9da2cc7b4d25b8537f66db5c8331c40.

As reported by Al Viro, the TCP ULP support for SMC is fundamentally broken. The implementation attempts to convert an active TCP socket into an SMC socket by modifying the underlying `struct file`, dentry, and inode in-place, which violates core VFS invariants that assume these structures are immutable for an open file, creating a risk of use after free errors and general system instability.

Given the severity of this design flaw and the fact that cleaner alternatives (e.g., LD_PRELOAD, BPF) exist for legacy application transparency, the correct course of action is to remove this feature entirely.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 6.19.4, 7.0
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
  • linux Debian 14 6.19.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46330

  • linux-nvidia-tegra Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1035.38

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46330

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:66180

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1SUSE-SU-2026:3156-1SUSE-SU-2026:3130-1SUSE-SU-2026:2840-1SUSE-SU-2026:2800-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:66180

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:66180

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-46330 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent module smc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module smc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:66180
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
24 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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