CVE-2026-90162
ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race
In smb2_lock(), mid-batch granted locks are published to connection-wide (conn->lock_list) and file-wide (fp->lock_list) lists immediately upon vfs_lock_file() success, while also remaining tracked on the stack-local rollback_list.
If a subsequent element in the same SMB2_LOCK request array fails validation or execution, the thread jumps to out: and walks rollback_list to undo previously granted locks. However, because the granted lock was already published to conn->lock_list, a concurrent UNLOCK request on the same connection can find the lock object and kfree() it before the rollback loop executes.
When the granting thread subsequently walks rollback_list, it dereferences and frees the already-freed ksmbd_lock structure, resulting in a Use-After-Free and Double-Free (on both ksmbd_lock and struct file_lock).
Fix this by deferring the publication of granted locks to conn->lock_list and fp->lock_list until after the entire array of lock elements has been processed without error. Mid-batch grants remain tracked exclusively on the request-local rollback_list until the whole batch succeeds, eliminating the race window.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1371a140722c1d6868f9acf69d601de7d4142bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b68d4bb6b03a667c305626bd2c242fd162bac17e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f54ed0289e9a57e6c60b14347ccea4c318f1fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff6870cf3b7eccc69d03cbb6f23e3995d96e9a8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1d26dfb32919088e3638dca01068df3c4507433
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29f74f0f2e6df3b393b7b66e810136d0c64e3c59
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