CVE-2026-80979

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-11. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet

smc_conn_free() calls smc_ism_unset_conn() only while the link group is still on its device list, and never sets conn->killed. smc_lgr_terminate_sched() unlinks the group immediately and defers killing its connections to a work item, so a connection freed in that window keeps its smcd->conn[] slot with both gates in smcd_handle_irq() open, and the device can re-arm the receive tasklet after tasklet_kill() has returned. On the DMB-nocopy path the ghost send buffer is freed right after that drain, so the re-armed tasklet dereferences it.

Unregister unconditionally and drain before the detach at both teardown sites, mirroring rmb_desc, which smc_buf_unuse() releases after the drain. Clear conn->sndbuf_desc before freeing it as well, so a reader that samples the pointer cannot get one that is already freed.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 13, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36cdf5d48ca191dcd71c28cadbe0981b1d25318d
Web page

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74d313567dfc1b7e56629ddbad04e728686f235
Web page

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd8b764a610b6b6bc0c4d3d01652747f6e0b5c3
Web page

net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4d540ac95cd35c6ebab6afb7eae2bcac7b277a5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80979(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 37× in last 7d / 171× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 182 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 82 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-13 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  5. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  6. 2026-10-12 14:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 21:45 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-11 21:45 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-11 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-11 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-11 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  14. 2026-10-11 09:53 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-11 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  16. 2026-10-10 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-10 20:07 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-10 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  20. 2026-10-10 08:00 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-10 08:00 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-10 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  23. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  24. 2026-10-09 19:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-09 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  1. 2026-10-09 00:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-09 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-09 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-08 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-08 12:36 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-08 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  9. 2026-10-07 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-07 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  11. 2026-10-07 11:48 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-07 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  13. 2026-10-06 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-06 23:50 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-06 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  16. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  17. 2026-10-06 12:01 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-06 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-06 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-06 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-06 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  22. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  23. 2026-10-05 12:21 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-05 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  25. 2026-10-05 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-05 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-05 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  28. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  29. 2026-10-04 12:37 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-04 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  31. 2026-10-04 00:47 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-04 00:47 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-04 00:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  34. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  35. 2026-10-03 12:58 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-03 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  37. 2026-10-03 01:07 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-03 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-03 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  40. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  41. 2026-10-02 13:17 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-02 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  43. 2026-10-02 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-10-02 01:20 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-02 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  46. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  47. 2026-10-01 13:30 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-01 13:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  49. 2026-10-01 01:40 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-10-01 01:40 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-01 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  52. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  53. 2026-09-30 13:51 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-30 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  55. 2026-09-30 01:47 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-09-30 01:47 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-30 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  58. 2026-09-29 10:52 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-29 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  60. 2026-09-28 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-28 22:19 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-28 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  63. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  64. 2026-09-28 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-28 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  66. 2026-09-27 22:40 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-27 22:40 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-27 22:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  69. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  70. 2026-09-27 10:51 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-27 10:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  72. 2026-09-26 22:46 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-09-26 22:46 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-26 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-3r27-v3q5-phcc · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  75. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-80979?
CVE-2026-80979 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 11, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: unregister the connection before draining the rx tasklet smcconnfree() calls smcismunset_conn() only while the link group is still on its device list, and never sets conn->killed. smclgrterminate_sched() unlinks the group…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-80979 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-80979 was published on September 11, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-80979 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-80979 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-80979?
CVE-2026-80979 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-80979?
A fix for CVE-2026-80979 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-80979 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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