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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2026-80985 json

net/smc: carry oversized SMC-Rv2 LLC messages in the queue entry

published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-76308

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

net/smc: carry oversized SMC-Rv2 LLC messages in the queue entry

smc_llc_rmt_delete_rkey() and smc_llc_save_add_link_rkeys() read the part of a v2 message that does not fit into the 44-byte union smc_llc_msg, and both bound themselves by the size of the buffer it landed in, not by what arrived. On a link with a shared v2 receive buffer a 44-byte DELETE_RKEY_V2 declaring 255 rkeys reaches rkey[9..254] in whatever an earlier message left in lgr->wr_rx_buf_v2, and passes each of them to smc_rtoken_delete(). One of those 255 matched a registered rtoken and deleted it. An ADD_LINK on such a link installs up to 255 rtokens from the same bytes.

Copy the tail into the queue entry, so its length is the length of the message that arrived, and declare the rkeys that fit inline as a member of the union instead of reaching them through a cast. The same DELETE_RKEY_V2 now processes the 9 rkeys it carries. The copy is limited to the longest tail the two functions can read, so the peer does not pick the size of the entry.

The bound the previous patch placed on links without a shared v2 receive buffer is no longer needed.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
  • linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80985

  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
  • linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
  • linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80985

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  • kernel RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • rv RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • perf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • rtla RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • libperf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:83207RHSA-2026:83156

  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11805-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:83156ALSA-2026:83207

  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:83207RLSA-2026:83156

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-2026-80985 updated cvss 8.1

kernel: net/smc: carry oversized SMC-Rv2 LLC messages in the queue entry

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden (v. 10) kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83156
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.66.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83207
  • 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 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
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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