Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-68381

Linux Linux

ksmbd: pin conn during async oplock break notification

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: pin conn during async oplock break notification smb2_oplock_break_noti() and smb2_lease_break_noti() store a ksmbd_conn pointer in an async ksmbd_work and then queue that work on ksmbd-io. The work only increments conn->r_count, which prevents teardown from passing the pending-request wait after the increment, but it does not pin the struct ksmbd_conn object. If connection teardown races with an oplock break notification, the last conn reference can be dropped before the queued worker finishes. The worker then uses the freed conn in ksmbd_conn_write() and ksmbd_conn_r_count_dec(). Take a real conn reference when publishing the conn pointer to the async work item, and drop it after the notification work has decremented r_count. Apply the same lifetime rule to lease break notification, which uses the same work->conn pattern.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.8Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.14 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux f17d1c63a76b0fe8e9c78023a86507a3a6d62cfa CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 09aeab68033161cb54f194da93e51a11aee6144b ≤ v < 0f72fc9659d7f585460d43c158055df5afdcffb6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3aa660c059240e0c795217182cf7df32909dd917 ≤ v < aa5d8f3f96aa11a4a54ce993c11ce8af11c546f9 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3aa660c059240e0c795217182cf7df32909dd917 ≤ v < 6ecb252efa0b413ac3d9979fb4eec247f8fc1258 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3aa660c059240e0c795217182cf7df32909dd917 ≤ v < 14062c74e5b25c27edcff7a2fe0dc701c930b372 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 6.12.20 ≤ v < 6.12.101 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 6.13.8 ≤ v < 6.14 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 6.6.84 ≤ v < 6.6.148 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 8e6508c7ecb1802909f294827eff38f301d0c937 ≤ v < dab1493bc9d97947f1219d6823c2e2a28636021b CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux a4261bbc33fbf99b99c80aa3a2c5097611802980 ≤ v < 793e1c7041b93af96ff87e678329bc16aee7ba88 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-10
Last updated
2026-10-30
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.49%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
42.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416
    Use After Free