CVE-2026-64016
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix durable reconnect error path file lifetime After a durable reconnect succeeds, ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd() republishes the same ksmbd_file into the session volatile-id table. If smb2_open() then takes a later error path, cleanup first calls ksmbd_fd_put(work, fp) and then unconditionally calls ksmbd_put_durable_fd(dh_info.fp). In this case fp and dh_info.fp are the same object. The first put drops the reconnect lookup reference, but the final durable put can run __ksmbd_close_fd(NULL, fp). Because the final close is not session-aware, it can free the file object without removing the volatile-id entry that was just published into the session table. Use the session-aware put for the final reconnect drop when the reconnect had already succeeded and the error path is cleaning up the republished file. Earlier reconnect failures, before fp is assigned to dh_info.fp, keep using the durable-only put path.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 49% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Assigned by
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dates
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3515503322f4819277091839eed46b695096aca5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/478bfaa036bd0c7e179acff8b8484bccdee3b8c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e641e4ee0bc1937408d41051a908ad4151be63b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cb0b9385320110fe24a5d5ac0000ade4bb3a3f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1a39f227c80cbf369767badc32cba2b225147d1