Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46330
Published: June 10, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU134168
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46330
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the SMC TCP ULP support in net/smc/af_smc.c when converting an active TCP socket into an SMC socket by modifying open-file VFS structures in place. A local user can trigger the flawed socket conversion to cause a denial of service.
The issue stems from in-place modification of struct file, dentry, and inode objects that are expected to remain immutable for an open file.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46330
Install security update from vendor's repository.