CVE-2026-90107 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LINUX612-20506709
  • published5 Oct 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net/smc: free pending qentry in smc_llc_flow_stop() before memset

smc_llc_flow_stop() resets a flow struct with a blind memset:

spin_lock_bh(&amp;lgr-&gt;llc_flow_lock);
memset(flow, 0, sizeof(*flow));
flow-&gt;type = SMC_LLC_FLOW_NONE;
spin_unlock_bh(&amp;lgr-&gt;llc_flow_lock);

If flow->qentry is non-NULL at this point the pointer is overwritten without the allocation being freed, leaking one kmalloc object.

A late-arriving duplicate CONFIRM_LINK or ADD_LINK_CONT message can set flow->qentry after the legitimate message has been consumed by the waiter via smc_llc_flow_qentry_clr() (which NULLs the pointer but leaves flow->type non-zero) but before the flow completes and smc_llc_flow_stop() runs. In that window the duplicate is stashed into flow->qentry, and then lost when smc_llc_flow_stop() zeros the struct.

Call smc_llc_flow_qentry_del() inside the lock before the memset. smc_llc_flow_qentry_del() already checks flow->qentry before freeing, so the normal case where no entry is pending is a no-op.

CVSS Base Scores

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