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CVE-2026-31608: smb: server: avoid double-free in smb_direct_free_sendmsg after smb_direct_flush_send_list()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 2ba03f46132b0d1a7bafb86e1ef61951a2254023, 6.18.24, 6.19.14; azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.134.1-2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2ba03f46132b0d1a7bafb86e1ef61951a2254023, 6.18.24, 6.19.14; azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.134.1-2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: avoid double-free in smb_direct_free_sendmsg after smb_direct_flush_send_list() smb_direct_flush_send_list() already calls smb_direct_free_sendmsg(), so we should not call it again after post_sendmsg() moved it to the batch list.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 39th percentile

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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

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CNA · Linux
9.8
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 6.18.24
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.14
  • linux linux kernel7.0 and later · before 7.0.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 7.0affected
    • 5ef18a2e66f2f33fdac64437bddfb9fe6389fdc7 and later · before 6968c91fab05b8fc4d6700e0cf34472bb422df25affected · git
    • 79242e7b6bc63efec28b7c235bc320806afce6c0 and later · before 2ba03f46132b0d1a7bafb86e1ef61951a2254023affected · git
    • 34abd408c8ba24d7c97bd02ba874d8c714f49db1 and later · before 830de6eeb9db4cb7e758201fb99328ef4ca4b032affected · git
    • 34abd408c8ba24d7c97bd02ba874d8c714f49db1 and later · before 84ff995ae826aa6bbcc6c7b9ea569ff67c021d72affected · git
    • 6.18.11 and later · before 6.18.24affected · semver
    • 6.19.1 and later · before 6.19.14affected · semver
    • before 7.0not affected · semver
    • 6.18.24 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 6.19.14 and later · up to and including 6.19.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.19.14-16.19.14-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-31603Apr 24, 2026 · staging: sm750fb: fix division by zero in ps_to_hz()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-31605Apr 24, 2026 · fbdev: udlfb: avoid divide-by-zero on FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-31610Apr 24, 2026 · ksmbd: fix mechToken leak when SPNEGO decode fails after token alloc
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux2ba03f46132b0d1a7bafb86e1ef61951a2254023Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6.18.24Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6.19.14Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6968c91fab05b8fc4d6700e0cf34472bb422df25Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux830de6eeb9db4cb7e758201fb99328ef4ca4b032Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux84ff995ae826aa6bbcc6c7b9ea569ff67c021d72Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.134.1-2 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.19.14-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-316090 days apartsmb: client: avoid double-free in smbd_free_send_io() after smbd_send_batch_flush()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-430117 days apartnet/x25: Fix potential double free of skb
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4341414 days apartscsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-5299361 days aparttipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6388886 days apartscsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6438592 days apartsmb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_ioctl() replay
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-415 · Double Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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