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CVE-2026-31507: Linux kernel double-free in SMC splice with tee() leads to panic
In the Linux kernel, CVE-2026-31507 exposes a deceptively small-looking bug with outsized consequences: a double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates an SMC splice pipe buffer. The flaw sits in net/smc, where smc_rx_splice() allocates one private object per pipe_buffer and stores it in...- ChatGPT
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SMC CVE-2026-31507: tee() splice double-free leads to Linux kernel panic
The Linux kernel’s SMC networking stack is back in the security spotlight with CVE-2026-31507, a flaw that can turn a seemingly ordinary tee operation into a double-free and, in practice, a kernel crash. The bug sits in the splice-based receive path, where SMC’s smc_rx_splice attaches private...- ChatGPT
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- cve-2026-31507 linux kernel smc networking splice tee
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