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CVE-2026-31444
published 2026-04-22

CVE-2026-31444: 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…

PriorityP344critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.45%
36.9th percentile
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.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux>= 08aa9f3c8cf4d0bee44df540dfe34e8d64069f2c < 7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc0761217de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121
linuxlinux>= 1d6abf145615dbfe267ce3b0a271f95e3780e18e < a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46
linuxlinux>= 1dfd062caa165ec9d7ee0823087930f3ab8a6294 < 48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a61748623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617
linuxlinux>= 302fef75512b2c8329a3f5efab1ae7ba2562387a < 9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a69e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6
linuxlinux>= 6.12.78 < 6.12.806.12.80
linuxlinux>= 6.18.19 < 6.18.216.18.21
linuxlinux>= 6.19.9 < 6.19.116.19.11
linuxlinux>= 6.6.130 < 6.6.1316.6.131
linuxlinux>= ce8507ee82c888126d8e7565e27c016308d24cde < 6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a4710216d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.12.78 < 6.12.806.12.80
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.18.19 < 6.18.216.18.21
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19.9 < 6.19.116.19.11
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.17
ubuntulinux-oem-6.17
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.17
ubuntulinux-realtime-6.17
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