# CVE-2024-56718: net/smc: protect link down work from execute after lgr freed

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMC module allows attackers to cause a system crash by triggering a race condition during link down work execution.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-55395, AZL-55419, BELL-CVE-2024-56718, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56718, GHSA-q325-c4qh-6g3c, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-56718, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-56718, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56718

## What is CVE-2024-56718?

CVE-2024-56718 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

net/smc: protect link down work from execute after lgr freed

link down work may be scheduled before lgr freed but execute
after lgr freed, which may result in crash. So it is need to
hold a reference before shedule link down work, and put the
reference after work executed or canceled.

The relevant crash call stack as follows:
 list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffffb638c9c0fe20,
    but was 0000000000000000
 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:51!
 invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 CPU: 6 PID: 978112 Comm: kworker/6:119 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G #1
 Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 2221b89 04/01/2014
 Workqueue: events smc_link_down_work [smc]
 RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid.cold+0x31/0x47
 RSP: 0018:ffffb638c9c0fdd8 EFLAGS: 00010086
 RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff942fb75e5128 RCX: 0000000000000000
 RDX: ffff943520930aa0 RSI: ffff94352091fc80 RDI: ffff94352091fc80
 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb638c9c0fc38
 R10: ffffb638c9c0fc30 R11: ffffffffa015eb28 R12: 0000000000000002
 R13: ffffb638c9c0fe20 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff942f9cd051c0
 FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff943520900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 00007f4f25214000 CR3: 000000025fbae004 CR4: 00000000007706e0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
  rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x17e/0x470
  smc_link_down_work+0x3c/0x60 [smc]
  process_one_work+0x1ac/0x350
  worker_thread+0x49/0x2f0
  ? rescuer_thread+0x360/0x360
  kthread+0x118/0x140
  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56718?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56718?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56718 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56718 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56718 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-2024-56718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56718/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56718
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56718
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56718

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