Critical severity · published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-31444
ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.12.78 before 6.12.80; 6.18.19 before 6.18.21; 6.19.9 before 6.19.11; 6.6.130; 7.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
302fef75512b2c8329a3f5efab1ae7ba2562387a before 9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6; 08aa9f3c8cf4d0bee44df540dfe34e8d64069f2c before 7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121; 1d6abf145615dbfe267ce3b0a271f95e3780e18e before a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46; ce8507ee82c888126d8e7565e27c016308d24cde before 6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021; 1dfd062caa165ec9d7ee0823087930f3ab8a6294 before 48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617; 6.6.130 before 6.6.131; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31444
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31444
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46
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