CVE-2026-23427
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Use-After-Free in Linux ksmbd Durable V2 File Handle Replay
Publication date: 2026-04-03
Last updated on: 2026-04-27
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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---
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.9 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.13 (inc) to 6.18.20 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.19 (inc) to 6.19.10 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.6.32 (inc) to 6.6.130 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.9.1 (inc) to 6.12.78 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-416 | 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. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a use-after-free bug in the Linux kernel's ksmbd component, specifically related to the handling of durable v2 replay of active file handles. The issue occurs because the function parse_durable_handle_context() incorrectly assigns a file pointer's connection to the current connection without proper filtering. This leads to overwriting the connection pointer, and when the overwritten connection is freed, subsequent operations dereference a stale pointer, causing a use-after-free condition.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The use-after-free vulnerability can lead to kernel crashes or undefined behavior, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges or cause denial of service by crashing the system. This impacts system stability and security, especially on systems using the ksmbd service for SMB file sharing.
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