CVE-2026-64541: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
CRITICALCVE-2026-64541 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-416: Use After Free) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2026-64541 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 9.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2026-64541
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2026-64541, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-416: Use After Free, where the product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. at some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"modified" : "2026-07-30T06:32:33Z",
"published" : "2026-07-27T21:31:27Z",
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"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket\n\nsmc_cdc_rx_handler() looks up the connection by token under the link\ngroup's conns_lock, drops the lock, and then dereferences conn and the\nsmc_sock derived from it, ending in sock_hold(&smc->sk) inside\nsmc_cdc_msg_recv(). No reference is held across the lock release.\n\nThe only reference pinning the socket while the connection is\ndiscoverable in the link group is taken in smc_lgr_register_conn()\n(sock_hold) and dropped in __smc_lgr_unregister_conn() (sock_put), both\nunder conns_lock. Once the handler drops conns_lock, a concurrent\nclose() -> smc_release() -> smc_conn_free() -> smc_lgr_unregister_conn()\ncan drop that reference and free the smc_sock, so the handler's later\nsock_hold() runs on freed memory:\n\n WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate\n Workqueue: rxe_wq do_work\n refcount_warn_saturate (lib/refcount.c:25)\n smc_cdc_msg_recv (net/smc/smc_cdc.c:430)\n smc_cdc_rx_handler (net/smc/smc_cdc.c:502)\n smc_wr_rx_tasklet_fn (net/smc/smc_wr.c:445)\n tasklet_action_common (kernel/softirq.c:938)\n handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)\n Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set\n\nOnly SMC-R is affected. The SMC-D receive tasklet is stopped by\ntasklet_kill(&conn->rx_tsklet) in smc_conn_free() before the connection\nis unregistered, so it cannot run concurrently with the free.\n\nTake the socket reference while still holding conns_lock, so the\nregistration reference can no longer be the last one, and drop it once\nthe handler is done.",
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