CVE-2026-31444: ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock() smb_grant_oplock() has two issues in the oplock publication sequence: 1) opinfo is linked into ci->m_op_list (via opinfo_add) before add_lease_global_list() is called. If add_lease_global_list() fails (kmalloc returns NULL), the error path frees the opinfo via __free_opinfo() while it is still linked in ci->m_op_list. Concurrent m_op_list readers (opinfo_get_list, or direct iteration in smb_break_all_levII_oplock) dereference the freed node. 2) opinfo->o_fp is assigned after add_lease_global_list() publishes the opinfo on the global lease list. A concurrent find_same_lease_key() can walk the lease list and dereference opinfo->o_fp->f_ci while o_fp is still NULL. Fix by restructuring the publication sequence to eliminate post-publish failure: - Set opinfo->o_fp before any list publication (fixes NULL deref). - Preallocate lease_table via alloc_lease_table() before opinfo_add() so add_lease_global_list() becomes infallible after publication. - Keep the original m_op_list publication order (opinfo_add before lease list) so concurrent opens via same_client_has_lease() and opinfo_get_list() still see the in-flight grant. - Use opinfo_put() instead of __free_opinfo() on err_out so that the RCU-deferred free path is used. This also requires splitting add_lease_global_list() to take a preallocated lease_table and changing its return type from int to void, since it can no longer fail.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- Fixed in
- 48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< 9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6 (from 302fef75512b2c8329a3f5efab1ae7ba2562387a) · < 7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121 (from 08aa9f3c8cf4d0bee44df540dfe34e8d64069f2c) · < a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46 (from 1d6abf145615dbfe267ce3b0a271f95e3780e18e) · < 6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021 (from ce8507ee82c888126d8e7565e27c016308d24cde) · < 48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617 (from 1dfd062caa165ec9d7ee0823087930f3ab8a6294)
- Linux / Linux< 6.6.131 (from 6.6.130) · < 6.12.80 (from 6.12.78) · < 6.18.21 (from 6.18.19) · < 6.19.11 (from 6.19.9)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H