CVE-2026-90162

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90162
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90162.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90162
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:06:53Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:36Z
Summary
ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race
Details

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

ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race

In smb2_lock(), mid-batch granted locks are published to connection-wide (conn->lock_list) and file-wide (fp->lock_list) lists immediately upon vfs_lock_file() success, while also remaining tracked on the stack-local rollback_list.

If a subsequent element in the same SMB2_LOCK request array fails validation or execution, the thread jumps to out: and walks rollback_list to undo previously granted locks. However, because the granted lock was already published to conn->lock_list, a concurrent UNLOCK request on the same connection can find the lock object and kfree() it before the rollback loop executes.

When the granting thread subsequently walks rollback_list, it dereferences and frees the already-freed ksmbd_lock structure, resulting in a Use-After-Free and Double-Free (on both ksmbd_lock and struct file_lock).

Fix this by deferring the publication of granted locks to conn->lock_list and fp->lock_list until after the entire array of lock elements has been processed without error. Mid-batch grants remain tracked exclusively on the request-local rollback_list until the whole batch succeeds, eliminating the race window.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90162.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
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9
Fixed
a1d26dfb32919088e3638dca01068df3c4507433
Fixed
29f74f0f2e6df3b393b7b66e810136d0c64e3c59

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90162.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.15.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90162.json"