CVE-2026-72381: ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check

Published Aug 15, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check

Two concurrent SMB2 durable reconnects (DH2C/DHnC) on the same persistentid race the fp->owner.name compare-read in ksmbdvfscomparedurableowner() against the kfree() in ksmbdreopendurablefd()'s reopen-success path. fp->owner.name is a standalone kstrdup() buffer whose lifetime is independent of the fp refcount, and the two sites share no lock: the compare reads the buffer while the reopen frees it, so the strcmp() can dereference freed memory.

Commit 7ce4fc40018d ("ksmbd: fix durable reconnect double-bind race in ksmbdreopendurablefd") made the fp->conn claim atomic under globalft.lock (closing the owner.name double-free and the ksmbdfile write-UAF), but the compare-read versus reopen-free pair was left unserialized.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in strcmp+0x2c/0x80 Read of size 1 by task kworker strcmp ksmbdvfscomparedurableowner smb2checkdurableoplock smb2open Freed by task kworker: kfree ksmbdreopendurablefd smb2open Allocated by task kworker: kstrdup sessionfdcheck smb2sessionlogoff The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-8

Serialize both sides of the race with fp->flock. The global durable file-table lock still protects the durable reconnect claim, but fp->owner.name is per-open state and does not need to block unrelated durable table lookups or reconnects. The teardown is left at its existing location after the reopen-success point so that an openid() rollback still retains owner.name for a later legitimate reconnect to verify.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch 7ce4fc40018d
  2. Compensating control

    If you cannot immediately patch, mitigate by reducing the likelihood of concurrent SMB2 durable reconnects (DH2C/DHnC) on the same durable table entries—avoid issuing concurrent durable reconnect operations to the same durable handle/session in environments that expose this code path.

Event History

Aug 15, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:56 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:56 AM
Description
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