CVE-2026-53274
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix sleep-inside-lock in __smc_setsockopt() causing local DoS
A logic flaw in __smc_setsockopt() allows a local unprivileged user to
cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by holding the socket lock indefinitely.
The function __smc_setsockopt() calls copy_from_sockptr() while holding
lock_sock(sk). By passing a userfaultfd-monitored memory page (or
FUSE-backed memory on systems where unprivileged userfaultfd is disabled)
as the optval, an attacker can halt execution during the copy operation,
keeping the lock held.
Combined with asynchronous tear-down operations like shutdown(), this
exhausts the kernel wq (kworkers) and triggers the hung task watchdog.
[ 240.123456] INFO: task kworker/u8:2 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 240.123489] Call Trace:
[ 240.123501] smc_shutdown+...
[ 240.123512] lock_sock_nested+...
This patch moves the user-space copy outside the lock_sock() critical
section to prevent the issue.
net/smc: fix sleep-inside-lock in __smc_setsockopt() causing local DoS
A logic flaw in __smc_setsockopt() allows a local unprivileged user to
cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by holding the socket lock indefinitely.
The function __smc_setsockopt() calls copy_from_sockptr() while holding
lock_sock(sk). By passing a userfaultfd-monitored memory page (or
FUSE-backed memory on systems where unprivileged userfaultfd is disabled)
as the optval, an attacker can halt execution during the copy operation,
keeping the lock held.
Combined with asynchronous tear-down operations like shutdown(), this
exhausts the kernel wq (kworkers) and triggers the hung task watchdog.
[ 240.123456] INFO: task kworker/u8:2 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 240.123489] Call Trace:
[ 240.123501] smc_shutdown+...
[ 240.123512] lock_sock_nested+...
This patch moves the user-space copy outside the lock_sock() critical
section to prevent the issue.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a22117839602bb52283de08894c5a7dde92420
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d27d2ffe487df89ce28fda0410eafa05dbe03a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f6fbe0033c942cb790ffd53ca93a45eeaf1c91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d286fa5eedc550d42bcb9c85416af8f77736ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3fdd924d88c30b9f488636ce0e4696012cf5511
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd90f42a33e4220385f27b515183d0c91b2fc4a
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