CVE-2026-64396

ksmbd: fix UAF of struct file_lock in SMB2_LOCK deferred-lock cancellation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:50 AM UTC
Updated: September 4, 2026 at 03:36 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix UAF of struct file_lock in SMB2_LOCK deferred-lock cancellation When a blocking byte-range lock request is deferred in the FILE_LOCK_DEFERRED path, ksmbd registers the asynchronous work into the connection's async_requests list via setup_async_work(). The cancel callback smb2_remove_blocked_lock() holds a reference to the flock. If the lock waiter is subsequently woken up but the work state is no longer KSMBD_WORK_ACTIVE (e.g., due to a concurrent cancellation), the cleanup path calls locks_free_lock(flock) without dequeuing the work from the async_requests list. Concurrently, smb2_cancel() walks the list under conn->request_lock and invokes the cancel callback, which then dereferences the already freed 'flock'. This leads to a slab-use-after-free inside __wake_up_common. Fix this by restructuring the cleanup logic after the worker returns from ksmbd_vfs_posix_lock_wait(). Move list_del(&smb_lock->llist) and release_async_work(work) to the top of the cleanup block. This guarantees that the async work is completely dequeued and serialized under conn->request_lock before locks_free_lock(flock) is called, rendering the flock unreachable for any concurrent smb2_cancel().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1785.15 ≤ v < 6.12.965.15 ≤ v < 6.18.395.15 ≤ v < 6.6.1455.15 ≤ v < 7.1.45.15 ≤ v < 7.26.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.965.15e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9
Vendor states this is fixed in 367c42a611fe488b7b03f1f6737f4dee0e8b20a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 463bbd79698513af4dad50fe1c573825f297ca2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5aa1cb01155f96824003baf7997cdf1f150caba3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5c75275c0fc9a2deb0d8f5604edcb16f288171c8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7703fd9aba1f2483c8e55f9ff73b7663e0761ed9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d20d1c8ba5765d1d12eefc0aee6385ab3f240e1e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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