# CVE-2024-50293: net/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create()

> A dangling pointer in the Linux kernel's SMC socket creation can lead to use-after-free, potentially causing crashes or arbitrary code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-50293, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50293, GHSA-px2p-6fmh-crpv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50293

## What is CVE-2024-50293?

CVE-2024-50293 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

net/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create()

Thanks to commit 4bbd360a5084 ("socket: Print pf->create() when
it does not clear sock->sk on failure."), syzbot found an issue with AF_SMC:

smc_create must clear sock->sk on failure, family: 43, type: 1, protocol: 0
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5827 at net/socket.c:1565 __sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5827 Comm: syz-executor259 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-next-20241106-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
 RIP: 0010:__sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563
Code: 03 00 74 08 4c 89 e7 e8 4f 3b 85 f8 49 8b 34 24 48 c7 c7 40 89 0c 8d 8b 54 24 04 8b 4c 24 0c 44 8b 44 24 08 e8 32 78 db f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 d3 fd ff ff 89 e9 80 e1 07 fe c1 38 c1 0f 8c ee f7
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003e4fda0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 099c6f938c7f4700 RBX: 1ffffffff1a595fd RCX: ffff888034823c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00000000ffffffe9 R08: ffffffff81567052 R09: 1ffff920007c9f50
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520007c9f51 R12: ffffffff8d2cafe8
R13: 1ffffffff1a595fe R14: ffffffff9a789c40 R15: ffff8880764298c0
FS:  000055557b518380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa62ff43225 CR3: 0000000031628000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  sock_create net/socket.c:1616 [inline]
  __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1653 [inline]
  __sys_socket+0x150/0x3c0 net/socket.c:1700
  __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1714 [inline]
  __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1712 [inline]

For reference, see commit 2d859aff775d ("Merge branch
'do-not-leave-dangling-sk-pointers-in-pf-create-functions'")

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50293?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50293?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50293 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50293 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50293/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50293/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50293
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50293
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50293

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50293/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.