8.8

CVE-2026-64437

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of a deferred file_lock on SMB2_CLOSE then SMB2_CANCEL

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

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of a deferred file_lock on SMB2_CLOSE then SMB2_CANCEL

Commit f580d27e8928 ("ksmbd: fix use-after-free of a deferred file_lock on
double SMB2_CANCEL") made smb2_cancel() skip a work whose state is
KSMBD_WORK_CANCELLED, so its cancel_fn cannot be fired a second time. But
KSMBD_WORK has three states (ACTIVE, CANCELLED, CLOSED), and the same
freeing producer path is reached for CLOSED too:

  SMB2_CLOSE on the locking handle -> set_close_state_blocked_works() sets
  the deferred work's state to KSMBD_WORK_CLOSED and wakes the smb2_lock()
  worker. The worker takes the non-ACTIVE early-exit, locks_free_lock()s
  the file_lock and, because the state is not KSMBD_WORK_CANCELLED, takes
  the STATUS_RANGE_NOT_LOCKED branch with "goto out2" -- which, like the
  cancelled branch, skips release_async_work(). The work stays on
  conn->async_requests with a live cancel_fn = smb2_remove_blocked_lock
  pointing at the freed file_lock.

A subsequent SMB2_CANCEL for the same AsyncId then passes the
KSMBD_WORK_CANCELLED-only guard (its state is KSMBD_WORK_CLOSED), so
smb2_cancel() fires cancel_fn again over the freed file_lock -- the same
use-after-free fixed, via SMB2_CLOSE instead of a first SMB2_CANCEL:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __locks_delete_block
    __locks_delete_block
    locks_delete_block
    ksmbd_vfs_posix_lock_unblock
    smb2_remove_blocked_lock
    smb2_cancel                 <- 2nd SMB2_CANCEL fires cancel_fn
    handle_ksmbd_work
  Allocated by ...: locks_alloc_lock <- smb2_lock
  Freed by ...:     locks_free_lock  <- smb2_lock (non-ACTIVE early-exit)
  ... cache file_lock_cache of size 192

Reproduced on mainline 7.1-rc7 (which already contains f580d27e8928) with
KASAN by an authenticated SMB client; the double-SMB2_CANCEL control is
silent on that kernel, so the splat is attributable to the CLOSE trigger.

Only an ACTIVE deferred work may have its cancel_fn fired: both terminal
states (CANCELLED and CLOSED) reach the smb2_lock() early-exit that frees
the file_lock and skips release_async_work(). Guard on KSMBD_WORK_ACTIVE
so any non-active work is skipped.
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.1.176 < 6.1.178
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.6.143 < 6.6.145
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.12.94 < 6.12.96
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.18.36 < 6.18.39
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 7.0.13 < 7.1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 7.1.1 < 7.1.4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version 7.1 Update -
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version 7.1 Update rc7
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Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 8.8 2.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a796ba4e61d5e14e07b79a359faac69f8f9b22a3
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8e274e69ab09222c7a552c7c0c1eef9ce627fc1
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddb9239828336b36d8a3ef5943fdffb2f55b6508
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94083db751930b1540ddff2b54d4677549c57f81
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c36c99655f325befe50c26842f7deca414c381
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f293a07f9e10e988b0ae44e2e99c631f5a68e0
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