Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80983

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix socket refcount leak in smcswitchconns smcswitchconns takes a reference on the...

CVE-2026-80983

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix socket refcount leak in smcswitchconns smcswitchconns takes a reference on the SMC socket before dropping lgr-connslock, so the connection stays alive while the CDC slot is fetched: sockhold&smc-sk;...

CVE-2026-80983

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix socket refcount leak in smcswitchconns smcswitchconns takes a reference on the SMC socket before dropping lgr-connslock, so the connection stays alive while the CDC slot is fetched: sockhold&smc-sk;...

CVE-2026-80983

CVE-2026-80983 is a socket reference count leak in the Linux kernel's SMC (Stream Mode Communication) networking module, specifically in the smc_switch_conns() function. The function calls sock_hold() before releasing lgr->conns_lock, but when smc_cdc_get_free_slot() fails (e.g., the target li...