CVE-2026-64396
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().
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 367c42a611fe488b7b03f1f6737f4dee0e8b20a2, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 7703fd9aba1f2483c8e55f9ff73b7663e0761ed9, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 463bbd79698513af4dad50fe1c573825f297ca2e, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 5aa1cb01155f96824003baf7997cdf1f150caba3 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.96 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.* … |
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367c42a611fe488b7b03f1f6737f4dee0e8b20a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7703fd9aba1f2483c8e55f9ff73b7663e0761ed9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/463bbd79698513af4dad50fe1c573825f297ca2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aa1cb01155f96824003baf7997cdf1f150caba3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c75275c0fc9a2deb0d8f5604edcb16f288171c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d20d1c8ba5765d1d12eefc0aee6385ab3f240e1e