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CVE-2026-72492 (GCVE-0-2026-72492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:57 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:44
VLAI
Title
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in same_client_has_lease()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in same_client_has_lease() same_client_has_lease() returns an opinfo pointer from ci->m_op_list after dropping ci->m_lock without taking a reference. smb_grant_oplock() then dereferences that pointer in copy_lease() and when checking breaking_cnt. A concurrent close can remove the old lease from ci->m_op_list and drop the last reference before the caller uses the returned pointer, leading to a use-after-free. Take a reference when same_client_has_lease() selects an existing lease, drop any previous match while scanning, and release the returned reference in smb_grant_oplock() after copying the lease state.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < aaa3bb2bbf2ccbfea9e4e0b9dabf3afc60b50cd0 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 09634cd055d9bd8dd167995ea52bcd8028dd5dac (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 7c3264d273d524aa6adcce23c01087271f13586f (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 79c7c59bb519db6f5a2a151965e825ec725614cc (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 35d3d6ff2bc1e7aaecb15d5377ebbd6227acae0d (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 0ff82a9cf9312678d8bc4edeef0b6e82659ac12a (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 65b655f65c3ca1ab5d598d3832bb0ff531725858 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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