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

net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump

The syzbot report a crash:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xfbd5a5d5a0000003: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead4ead00000018-0xdead4ead0000001f]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6949 Comm: syz.0.335 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
RIP: 0010:smc_diag_msg_common_fill net/smc/smc_diag.c:44 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__smc_diag_dump.constprop.0+0x3ca/0x2550 net/smc/smc_diag.c:89
Call Trace:
<TASK>
smc_diag_dump_proto+0x26d/0x420 net/smc/smc_diag.c:217
smc_diag_dump+0x27/0x90 net/smc/smc_diag.c:234
netlink_dump+0x539/0xd30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2327
__netlink_dump_start+0x6d6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2442
netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:341 [inline]
smc_diag_handler_dump+0x1f9/0x240 net/smc/smc_diag.c:251
__sock_diag_cmd net/core/sock_diag.c:249 [inline]
sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x438/0x790 net/core/sock_diag.c:285
netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x5a7/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:729 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2614
___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2668
__sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2700
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4e0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>

The process like this:

(CPU1) | (CPU2)
---------------------------------|-------------------------------
inet_create() |
// init clcsock to NULL |
sk = sk_alloc() |
|
// unexpectedly change clcsock |
inet_init_csk_locks() |
|
// add sk to hash table |
smc_inet_init_sock() |
smc_sk_init() |
smc_hash_sk() |
| // traverse the hash table
| smc_diag_dump_proto
| __smc_diag_dump()
| // visit wrong clcsock
| smc_diag_msg_common_fill()
// alloc clcsock |
smc_create_clcsk |
sock_create_kern |

With CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y, the smc->clcsock is unexpectedly changed
in inet_init_csk_locks(). The INET_PROTOSW_ICSK flag is no need by smc,
just remove it.

After removing the INET_PROTOSW_ICSK flag, this patch alse revert
commit 6fd27ea183c2 ("net/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC")
to avoid casting smc_sock to inet_connection_sock.
Published: 2025-12-16
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8029-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8030-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8029-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8048-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8029-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump The syzbot report a crash: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xfbd5a5d5a0000003: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead4ead00000018-0xdead4ead0000001f] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6949 Comm: syz.0.335 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 RIP: 0010:smc_diag_msg_common_fill net/smc/smc_diag.c:44 [inline] RIP: 0010:__smc_diag_dump.constprop.0+0x3ca/0x2550 net/smc/smc_diag.c:89 Call Trace: <TASK> smc_diag_dump_proto+0x26d/0x420 net/smc/smc_diag.c:217 smc_diag_dump+0x27/0x90 net/smc/smc_diag.c:234 netlink_dump+0x539/0xd30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2327 __netlink_dump_start+0x6d6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2442 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:341 [inline] smc_diag_handler_dump+0x1f9/0x240 net/smc/smc_diag.c:251 __sock_diag_cmd net/core/sock_diag.c:249 [inline] sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x438/0x790 net/core/sock_diag.c:285 netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x5a7/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:729 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2614 ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2668 __sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2700 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4e0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> The process like this: (CPU1) | (CPU2) ---------------------------------|------------------------------- inet_create() | // init clcsock to NULL | sk = sk_alloc() | | // unexpectedly change clcsock | inet_init_csk_locks() | | // add sk to hash table | smc_inet_init_sock() | smc_sk_init() | smc_hash_sk() | | // traverse the hash table | smc_diag_dump_proto | __smc_diag_dump() | // visit wrong clcsock | smc_diag_msg_common_fill() // alloc clcsock | smc_create_clcsk | sock_create_kern | With CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y, the smc->clcsock is unexpectedly changed in inet_init_csk_locks(). The INET_PROTOSW_ICSK flag is no need by smc, just remove it. After removing the INET_PROTOSW_ICSK flag, this patch alse revert commit 6fd27ea183c2 ("net/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC") to avoid casting smc_sock to inet_connection_sock.
Title net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T21:47:48.416Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.187Z

Link: CVE-2025-40357

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-16T14:15:47.637

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-40357

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40357 - Bugzilla

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