CVE-2026-23427

ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles

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Published Apr 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles

parse_durable_handle_context() unconditionally assigns dh_info->fp->conn
to the current connection when handling a DURABLE_REQ_V2 context with
SMB2_FLAGS_REPLAY_OPERATION. ksmbd_lookup_fd_cguid() does not filter by
fp->conn, so it returns file handles that are already actively connected.
The unconditional overwrite replaces fp->conn, and when the overwriting
connection is subsequently freed, __ksmbd_close_fd() dereferences the
stale fp->conn via spin_lock(&fp->conn->llist_lock), causing a
use-after-free.

KASAN report:

[ 7.349357] ==================================================================
[ 7.349607] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.349811] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881056ac18c by task kworker/1:2/108
[ 7.350010]
[ 7.350064] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 108 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #58 PREEMPTLAZY
[ 7.350068] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 7.350070] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
[ 7.350083] Call Trace:
[ 7.350087] <TASK>
[ 7.350087] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
[ 7.350094] print_report+0xce/0x660
[ 7.350100] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350101] ? __pfx___mod_timer+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350106] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350108] kasan_report+0xce/0x100
[ 7.350109] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350114] kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
[ 7.350116] _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350118] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350119] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x25e/0x780
[ 7.350125] ? close_id_del_oplock+0x2cc/0x4e0
[ 7.350128] __ksmbd_close_fd+0x27f/0xaf0
[ 7.350131] ksmbd_close_fd+0x135/0x1b0
[ 7.350133] smb2_close+0xb19/0x15b0
[ 7.350142] ? __pfx_smb2_close+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350143] ? xas_load+0x18/0x270
[ 7.350146] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x84/0xe0
[ 7.350148] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350150] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x30
[ 7.350151] ? ksmbd_smb2_check_message+0xeb2/0x24c0
[ 7.350153] ? ksmbd_tree_conn_lookup+0xcd/0xf0
[ 7.350154] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080
[ 7.350156] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0
[ 7.350162] ? assign_work+0x122/0x3e0
[ 7.350163] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70
[ 7.350165] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350166] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.350170] ? recalc_sigpending+0x19b/0x230
[ 7.350176] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350178] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.350183] ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350185] ? __switch_to+0x36c/0xbe0
[ 7.350188] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350190] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.350197] </TASK>
[ 7.350197]
[ 7.355160] Allocated by task 123:
[ 7.355261] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 7.355373] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 7.355484] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
[ 7.355593] ksmbd_conn_alloc+0x44/0x6d0
[ 7.355711] ksmbd_kthread_fn+0x243/0xd70
[ 7.355839] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.355942] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.356051] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.356164]
[ 7.356214] Freed by task 134:
[ 7.356305] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 7.356416] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 7.356527] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
[ 7.356646] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
[ 7.356761] kfree+0x1ca/0x430
[ 7.356862] ksmbd_tcp_disconnect+0x59/0xe0
[ 7.356993] ksmbd_conn_handler_loop+0x77e/0xd40
[ 7.357138] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.357240] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.357350] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.357463]
[ 7.357513] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881056ac000
[ 7.357513] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
[ 7.357857] The buggy address is located 396 bytes inside of
[ 7.357857] freed 1024-byte region
---truncated---

Analysis

AI-generated

Technical impact

A use‑after‑free bug exists in the ksmbd file‑handle replay logic. When a durable SMBv2 request is replayed, the kernel over‑writes the connection pointer of an active file handle without proper validation. Subsequent closure of the overwritten connection dereferences a stale pointer, triggering a kernel memory error and potentially causing a crash or a privilege escalation path. The flaw is a classic use‑after‑free vulnerability (CWE‑416 and CWE‑825).

Affected Systems

The vulnerability resides in the Linux kernel, specifically within the ksmbd SMB server module. All kernel builds that include ksmbd are potentially affected, as indicated by the general Linux kernel CPE. No specific version list is included in the CNA data, so the defect may be present in any kernel revision containing the vulnerable code until the patch is applied.

Risk and Exploitability

The impact is limited to systems running the vulnerable kernel with the ksmbd service enabled. An attacker would need to initiate or replay SMBv2 durable requests against the target, which suggests a remote attack vector over network traffic. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8. The EPSS score is below 1%, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, indicating a low probability of exploitation. Nevertheless, the denial‑of‑service potential warrants patching as a priority.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply a kernel update that includes the ksmbd use‑after‑free fix. Check the kernel changelog or the commit referenced in the advisory to verify the inclusion of the patch. If a newer kernel is not yet available, consider waiting for the next stable release with the fix applied.
  • If immediate patching is impossible, disable the ksmbd service or block SMB traffic on the affected hosts to eliminate the attack surface. Monitor system logs for KASAN or kernel panic messages that could indicate exploitation attempts.
  • Apply local hotfix or backport the patch to the running kernel, if your environment supports patching the kernel at runtime; alternatively, restart the system with a patched kernel once the update is deployed.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 28, 2026 at 16:45 UTC.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6238-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8491-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8508-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-2 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8545-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8546-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8604-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8605-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles parse_durable_handle_context() unconditionally assigns dh_info->fp->conn to the current connection when handling a DURABLE_REQ_V2 context with SMB2_FLAGS_REPLAY_OPERATION. ksmbd_lookup_fd_cguid() does not filter by fp->conn, so it returns file handles that are already actively connected. The unconditional overwrite replaces fp->conn, and when the overwriting connection is subsequently freed, __ksmbd_close_fd() dereferences the stale fp->conn via spin_lock(&fp->conn->llist_lock), causing a use-after-free. KASAN report: [ 7.349357] ================================================================== [ 7.349607] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0 [ 7.349811] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881056ac18c by task kworker/1:2/108 [ 7.350010] [ 7.350064] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 108 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #58 PREEMPTLAZY [ 7.350068] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 7.350070] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work [ 7.350083] Call Trace: [ 7.350087] <TASK> [ 7.350087] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80 [ 7.350094] print_report+0xce/0x660 [ 7.350100] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350101] ? __pfx___mod_timer+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350106] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0 [ 7.350108] kasan_report+0xce/0x100 [ 7.350109] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0 [ 7.350114] kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0 [ 7.350116] _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0 [ 7.350118] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350119] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x25e/0x780 [ 7.350125] ? close_id_del_oplock+0x2cc/0x4e0 [ 7.350128] __ksmbd_close_fd+0x27f/0xaf0 [ 7.350131] ksmbd_close_fd+0x135/0x1b0 [ 7.350133] smb2_close+0xb19/0x15b0 [ 7.350142] ? __pfx_smb2_close+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350143] ? xas_load+0x18/0x270 [ 7.350146] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x84/0xe0 [ 7.350148] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350150] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x30 [ 7.350151] ? ksmbd_smb2_check_message+0xeb2/0x24c0 [ 7.350153] ? ksmbd_tree_conn_lookup+0xcd/0xf0 [ 7.350154] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080 [ 7.350156] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0 [ 7.350162] ? assign_work+0x122/0x3e0 [ 7.350163] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70 [ 7.350165] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350166] kthread+0x346/0x470 [ 7.350170] ? recalc_sigpending+0x19b/0x230 [ 7.350176] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350178] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0 [ 7.350183] ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350185] ? __switch_to+0x36c/0xbe0 [ 7.350188] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 7.350190] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 7.350197] </TASK> [ 7.350197] [ 7.355160] Allocated by task 123: [ 7.355261] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 7.355373] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 7.355484] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 [ 7.355593] ksmbd_conn_alloc+0x44/0x6d0 [ 7.355711] ksmbd_kthread_fn+0x243/0xd70 [ 7.355839] kthread+0x346/0x470 [ 7.355942] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0 [ 7.356051] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 7.356164] [ 7.356214] Freed by task 134: [ 7.356305] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 7.356416] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 7.356527] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 [ 7.356646] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 [ 7.356761] kfree+0x1ca/0x430 [ 7.356862] ksmbd_tcp_disconnect+0x59/0xe0 [ 7.356993] ksmbd_conn_handler_loop+0x77e/0xd40 [ 7.357138] kthread+0x346/0x470 [ 7.357240] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0 [ 7.357350] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 7.357463] [ 7.357513] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881056ac000 [ 7.357513] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 [ 7.357857] The buggy address is located 396 bytes inside of [ 7.357857] freed 1024-byte region ---truncated---
Title ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
Earlier changes (1)
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 12:21 PM
Reserved
Jan 13, 2026, 3:37 PM

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Status
Modified
Published
Apr 3, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:21 AM

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Public date
Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM

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Updated
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