{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-56640","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-12-27T15:00:39.839Z","datePublished":"2024-12-27T15:02:42.253Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T11:45:38.986Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T11:45:38.986Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue\n\nWe encountered a LGR/link use-after-free issue, which manifested as\nthe LGR/link refcnt reaching 0 early and entering the clear process,\nmaking resource access unsafe.\n\n refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 107447 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140\n Workqueue: events smc_lgr_terminate_work [smc]\n Call trace:\n  refcount_warn_saturate+0x9c/0x140\n  __smc_lgr_terminate.part.45+0x2a8/0x370 [smc]\n  smc_lgr_terminate_work+0x28/0x30 [smc]\n  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420\n  worker_thread+0x158/0x510\n  kthread+0x114/0x118\n\nor\n\n refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 93140 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140\n Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_work [smc]\n Call trace:\n  refcount_warn_saturate+0xf0/0x140\n  smcr_link_put+0x1cc/0x1d8 [smc]\n  smc_conn_free+0x110/0x1b0 [smc]\n  smc_conn_abort+0x50/0x60 [smc]\n  smc_listen_find_device+0x75c/0x790 [smc]\n  smc_listen_work+0x368/0x8a0 [smc]\n  process_one_work+0x1b8/0x420\n  worker_thread+0x158/0x510\n  kthread+0x114/0x118\n\nIt is caused by repeated release of LGR/link refcnt. One suspect is that\nsmc_conn_free() is called repeatedly because some smc_conn_free() from\nserver listening path are not protected by sock lock.\n\ne.g.\n\nCalls under socklock        | smc_listen_work\n-------------------------------------------------------\nlock_sock(sk)               | smc_conn_abort\nsmc_conn_free               | \\- smc_conn_free\n\\- smcr_link_put            |    \\- smcr_link_put (duplicated)\nrelease_sock(sk)\n\nSo here add sock lock protection in smc_listen_work() path, making it\nexclusive with other connection operations."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:N - The bug is in `smc_listen_work()`, the SMC server-side CLC handshake worker that is queued from `smc_tcp_listen_work()` for every inbound TCP connection carrying the SMC option, and it processes CLC Proposal/Confirm/Decline messages sent by the remote peer over routable TCP/IP. A remote host that can reach an AF_SMC listener drives the entire vulnerable path.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race: `smc_clc_wait_msg()` (net/smc/smc_clc.c:784-794) accepts a CLC DECLINE at any point, and with the attacker-chosen `SMC_FIRST_CONTACT_MASK` bit set it calls `smc_lgr_terminate_sched()`, scheduling `__smc_lgr_terminate()` (which takes lock_sock and frees conn state) concurrently with the unlocked `smc_listen_work()` → `smc_conn_abort()` → `smc_conn_free()` path, whose `conn->freed` guard is an unsynchronized bitfield. The attacker can open unlimited parallel connections into the same link group on the separate `smc_hs_wq` and retry indefinitely at no cost.\nPR:N - The CLC handshake in `smc_listen_work()` runs entirely before any application-level authentication and requires no credentials — the attacker only needs to complete a TCP connection to the SMC listener. No capability, namespace, or local account is involved.\nUI:N - The listen worker is queued automatically from the TCP accept path by `smc_clcsock_data_ready()`/`smc_tcp_listen_work()`; no action by the local user or administrator is needed beyond running the SMC server that is already listening.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to kernel heap objects (`struct smc_link_group`, `struct smc_link`) within the same kernel security authority, with no crossing of a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - The duplicate `smcr_link_put()`/`smc_lgr_put()` drives the refcounts to zero early, so the `kzalloc`'d `struct smc_link_group` is `kfree()`d while `__smc_lgr_terminate()`, `smc_listen_work()`, and the LLC/CDC paths still dereference it — a classic use-after-free read of a generic kmalloc slab object that an attacker can reallocate and shape, leaking link-group state including `peer_systemid` and RDMA `rtokens` (remote keys/addresses).\nI:H - Post-free writes into the reallocated object include `lgr->sync_err`/`terminating` bitfields, `refcount_inc()`, and list/rb-tree manipulation, while the freed structure embeds `struct work_struct terminate_work`, `struct delayed_work free_work`, and per-link `link_down_wrk` — function pointers that `schedule_work()`/`smc_lgr_schedule_free_work()` will subsequently invoke, giving a heap-spray path to control-flow hijack.\nA:H - The commit documents real production `refcount_t: underflow`/`addition on 0` warnings in `smcr_link_put()` and `__smc_lgr_terminate()`; refcount saturation plus use of freed link-group memory yields oopses and kernel panics, and the condition is remotely and repeatably triggerable."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/smc/af_smc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8","lessThan":"f502a88fdd415647a1f2dc45fac71b9c522a052b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8","lessThan":"0cf598548a6c36d90681d53c6b77d52363f2f295","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8","lessThan":"673d606683ac70bc074ca6676b938bff18635226","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8","lessThan":"6f0ae06a234a78ae137064f2c89135ac078a00eb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8","lessThan":"2c7f14ed9c19ec0f149479d1c2842ec1f9bf76d7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/smc/af_smc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.174","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.120","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.66","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.5","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.13","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.174"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.120"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.66"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.13"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f502a88fdd415647a1f2dc45fac71b9c522a052b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cf598548a6c36d90681d53c6b77d52363f2f295"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673d606683ac70bc074ca6676b938bff18635226"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f0ae06a234a78ae137064f2c89135ac078a00eb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c7f14ed9c19ec0f149479d1c2842ec1f9bf76d7"}],"title":"net/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":7.8,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","integrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2024-56640","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-02-11T15:41:51.231757Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","type":"CWE","cweId":"CWE-416","description":"CWE-416 Use After Free"}]}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2025-02-11T15:45:22.074Z"}},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE","dateUpdated":"2025-11-03T20:51:40.000Z"}}]}}