CVE-2026-72381

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72381
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72381.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72381
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:56:13Z
Modified
2026-10-08T02:51:47Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check
Details

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 persistent_id race the fp->owner.name compare-read in ksmbd_vfs_compare_durable_owner() against the kfree() in ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd()'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 ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd") made the fp->conn claim atomic under global_ft.lock (closing the owner.name double-free and the ksmbd_file 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 ksmbd_vfs_compare_durable_owner smb2_check_durable_oplock smb2_open Freed by task kworker: kfree ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd smb2_open Allocated by task kworker: kstrdup session_fd_check smb2_session_logoff The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-8

Serialize both sides of the race with fp->f_lock. 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 __open_id() rollback still retains owner.name for a later legitimate reconnect to verify.

Database specific
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    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72381.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
712cdf917e77a6444ce3836874829d770db20ee6
Fixed
fb978d72052704c6b06c6b0f129fcd60b77169f5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c7f0f0d01c88bdcb8b1694d7d321670013f7ed7d
Fixed
93d4d46bf9d442a12ea87278049ec416962c627f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
00ce8d6789dae72d042a4522264964c72891ca37
Fixed
5a5ac2852cd326529d02f778bc1aa6184701f4d7
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
49110a8ce654bbe56bef7c5e44cce31f4b102b8a
Fixed
ed98719be41389d416953b8ef9f07a07dfea6b2b
Fixed
38637163501fd9e2f684b8cd275d0db5d79f37c6
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.6.142
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.12.92
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.18.25
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7.0.2
Fixed
7.1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c908c853f304a4969b5aa10eba0b50350cc65b80

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.12.92
v6.12.93
v6.12.94
v6.12.95
v6.12.96
v6.18.25
v6.18.26
v6.18.27
v6.18.28
v6.18.29
v6.18.30
v6.18.31
v6.18.32
v6.18.33
v6.18.34
v6.18.35
v6.18.36
v6.18.37
v6.18.38
v6.18.39
v6.6.142
v6.6.143
v6.6.144
v7.*
v7.0.10
v7.0.11
v7.0.12
v7.0.13
v7.0.14
v7.0.2
v7.0.3
v7.0.4
v7.0.5
v7.0.6
v7.0.7
v7.0.8
v7.0.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72381.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72381.json"