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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64142" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T15:40:34.605Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:39:42.662Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64142" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64142.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64142" title: "ksmbd: close durable scavenger races against m_fp_list lookups" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: close durable scavenger races against m_fp_list lookups\n\nksmbd_durable_scavenger() has two related races against any walker\nthat iterates f_ci-\u003em_fp_list, including ksmbd_lookup_fd_inode()\n(used by ksmbd_vfs_rename) and the share-mode checks in\nfs/smb/server/smb_common.c.\n\n(1) fp-\u003enode list-head reuse. Durable-preserved handles can remain\nlinked on f_ci-\u003em_fp_list after session teardown so share-mode checks\nstill see them while the handle is reconnectable. The scavenger\ncollected expired handles by adding fp-\u003enode to a local\nscavenger_list after removing them from the global durable idr.\nBecause fp-\u003enode is the same list_head used by m_fp_list,\nlist_add(&fp-\u003enode, &scavenger_list) overwrites the m_fp_list links\nand corrupts both lists. CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST can report this on the\nshare-mode walk path.\n\n(2) Refcount race against m_fp_list walkers. The scavenger qualifies\nan expired durable handle with atomic_read(&fp-\u003erefcount) \u003e 1 and\nfp-\u003econn under global_ft.lock, removes fp from global_ft, then drops\nglobal_ft.lock before unlinking fp from m_fp_list and freeing it.\nDuring that gap fp is still linked on m_fp_list with f_state ==\nFP_INITED. ksmbd_lookup_fd_inode() under m_lock read calls\nksmbd_fp_get() (atomic_inc_not_zero on refcount that is still 1) and\ntakes a live reference; the scavenger then unlinks and frees fp\nwhile the holder owns a reference, leading to UAF on the holder's\nsubsequent ksmbd_fd_put() and on any field reads performed by a\nconcurrent share-mode walker that iterates m_fp_list without taking\nksmbd_fp_get() (smb_check_perm_dleases-like paths).\n\nFix both:\n\n * Stop reusing fp-\u003enode as a scavenger-private list node. Remove\n one expired handle from global_ft under global_ft.lock, take an\n explicit transient reference, drop the lock, unlink fp-\u003enode\n from m_fp_list under f_ci-\u003em_lock, then drop both the durable\n lifetime and transient references with atomic_sub_and_test(2,\n &fp-\u003erefcount). If the scavenger is the last putter the close\n runs there; otherwise an in-flight holder that already raced\n through the m_fp_list lookup owns the final close via its\n ksmbd_fd_put() path. The one-at-a-time disposal can rescan the\n durable idr when multiple handles expire in the same pass, but\n durable scavenging is a background expiration path and the final\n full scan recomputes min_timeout before the next wait.\n\n * Clear fp-\u003epersistent_id inside __ksmbd_remove_durable_fd() right\n after idr_remove(), so a delayed final close from a holder that\n snatched fp does not re-issue idr_remove() on a persistent id\n that idr_alloc_cyclic() in ksmbd_open_durable_fd() may have\n already handed out to a brand-new durable handle.\n\n * Bypass the per-conn open_files_count decrement in\n __put_fd_final() when fp is detached from any session table\n (fp-\u003econn cleared by session_fd_check() at durable preserve --\n paired with the volatile_id clear at unpublish, so checking\n fp-\u003econn alone is sufficient). The walker that owns the final\n close runs from an unrelated work-\u003econn whose\n stats.open_files_count never tracked this durable fp; without\n this guard the holder would underflow that unrelated counter.\n\nThe two races are folded into one patch because patch (1) alone\ncleans up the corrupted list but leaves a deterministic UAF window\nfor m_fp_list walkers that the transient-reference and\npersistent_id discipline in (2) close; bisecting onto an\nintermediate state would land on a UAF that pre-patch chaos merely\nmade less reproducible.\n\nValidation:\n * CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST coverage for the list_head reuse path.\n * KASAN-enabled direct SMB2 durable-handle coverage that exercised\n ksmbd_durable_scavenger() and non-NULL ksmbd_lookup_fd_inode()\n returns while durable handles expired under concurrent rename\n lookups, with no KASAN, UAF, list-corruption, ODEBUG, or WARNING\n reports.\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7f0cb478703cbeaddfe5c9101c5c73cd975d1073","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3a436932eb397e909d0607d76a8325abd9d85a35"},{"version":"d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"95f072ef934ca00711d510676b8792cbf59a5aae"},{"version":"d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5da69a65b282d2276de22e5194ba0f88c836170c"},{"version":"d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1f8f3246d55f89350a1a67bdf3744b7241048e4e"},{"version":"d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bf736184d063da1a552ffeff0481813599a182cc"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.11"},{"version":"6.12.92","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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