# CVE-2026-31539: smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect\_socket.recv\_io.credits.available

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.11, 6.19.1
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5fb9b459b3686e366640edd4e62805ef7b4de927, fixed in e811e60e1cc79923c4388146eb1fa26a7482731e; from 5fb9b459b3686e366640edd4e62805ef7b4de927, fixed in f99996870222b598914a1f49d7375dc23752c237; from 5fb9b459b3686e366640edd4e62805ef7b4de927, fixed in 6e3c5052f9686192e178806e017b7377155f4bab
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.11; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available The logic off managing recv credits by counting posted recv_io and granted credits is racy. That's because the peer might already consumed a credit, but between receiving the incoming recv at the hardware and processing the completion in the 'recv_done' functions we likely have a window where we grant credits, which don't really exist. So we better have a decicated counter for the available credits, which will be incremented when we posted new recv buffers and drained when we grant the credits to the peer.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.11, 6.19.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e811e60e1cc79923c4388146eb1fa26a7482731e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99996870222b598914a1f49d7375dc23752c237
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e3c5052f9686192e178806e017b7377155f4bab

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