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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description confirms an authenticated session (PR:L) and a multi-session durable-reconnect race (AC:H); impact is a kernel UAF write, primarily a crash (A:H) with limited/uncertain C/I.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: only rebind the reopened file's own oplock on durable reconnect
ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd() walks the inode's m_op_list and rebinds every detached oplock to the reconnecting session:
list_for_each_entry_rcu(op, &ci->m_op_list, op_entry, lockdep_is_held(&ci->m_lock)) { if (op->conn) continue; op->conn = ksmbd_conn_get(fp->conn); op->sess = work->sess; }
The only key is op->conn == NULL, which every detached durable handle on that inode matches, not just the one owned by fp. When two sessions hold durable handles on the same file and both disconnect, reconnecting one of them adopts the other session's oplock: op->sess is overwritten with the reconnecting session without taking a reference on it, while op->conn pins the connection.
The sibling teardown path, session_fd_check(), keys on the identity of the connection being torn down (op->conn == conn) rather than on shared state, and so does not have this problem.
Once the adopting session is destroyed, ksmbd_session_destroy() frees it while the foreign oplock still points at it. The reader in ksmbd_close_fd_app_instance_id() validates only opinfo->conn, which is still live thanks to the reference taken above, and then dereferences the stale session:
if (!opinfo->conn) { up_read(&fp->f_ci->m_lock); goto out; }
ft = &opinfo->sess->file_table; write_lock(&ft->lock);
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_write_lock+0x74/0xd0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810a970528 by task kworker/0:0/9 Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work Call Trace: _raw_write_lock+0x74/0xd0 ksmbd_close_fd_app_instance_id+0x183/0x410 smb2_open+0x1346/0x4430 handle_ksmbd_work+0x2bb/0x7b0
Reached from an authenticated session against a share with the default durable-handle and oplock configuration: two sessions open the same file with a durable-v2 handle and an RH lease under distinct AppInstanceIds, both log off, one reconnects with DH2C, and a later durable-v2 create carrying the other AppInstanceId walks into the freed session.
Constrain the loop to the oplock owned by the file being reopened.
AnalysisAI
A use-after-free in the Linux kernel's ksmbd in-kernel SMB server allows an authenticated SMB client to trigger a slab-use-after-free write and likely kernel crash by abusing durable file-handle reconnection. When two sessions hold durable-v2 handles on the same file under different AppInstanceIds, ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd() rebinds every detached oplock on that inode to the reconnecting session instead of only the file's own, so one session adopts another's oplock without a session reference; after the adopted session is destroyed, ksmbd_close_fd_app_instance_id() dereferences the freed session. …
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| Exploitation | Requires an authenticated SMB session against a ksmbd share running the default durable-handle and oplock configuration (durable-v2 handles with RH leases enabled). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The supplied CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:H/I:H/A:H) overstates real-world risk. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Linux 7.2.4 or 7.3-rc1 (or your distribution's backport of commits 74e3ef4630f0 / 3f220a0a62e6), which constrains the oplock-rebind loop to the oplock owned by the file being reopened. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, inventory all Linux systems running ksmbd and identify kernel versions currently deployed, with priority on production file servers. …
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