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CVE-2026-23428
Linux Linux — ksmbd: fix use-after-free of share_conf in compound request
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0033 24.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux eb947403518ea3d93f6d89264bb1f5416bb0c7d0 – —
Linux 6.4 – 5.15.203
TIMELINE
Jan 13 Reserved by Linux
Apr 3 Published (CNA: Linux)
Oct 16 RESCORED — CVE-2026-23428 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix use-after-free of share_conf in compound request
smb2_get_ksmbd_tcon() reuses work->tcon in compound requests without
validating tcon->t_state. ksmbd_tree_conn_lookup() checks t_state ==
TREE_CONNECTED on the initial lookup path, but the compound reuse path
bypasses this check entirely.
If a prior command in the compound (SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT) sets t_state
to TREE_DISCONNECTED and frees share_conf via ksmbd_share_config_put(),
subsequent commands dereference the freed share_conf through
work->tcon->share_conf.
KASAN report:
[ 4.144653] ==================================================================
[ 4.145059] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smb2_write+0xc74/0xe70
[ 4.145415] Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810430c194 by task kworker/1:1/44
[ 4.145772]
[ 4.145867] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 44 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #60 PREEMPTLAZY
[ 4.145871] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 4.145875] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
[ 4.145888] Call Trace:
[ 4.145892] <TASK>
[ 4.145894] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
[ 4.145910] print_report+0xce/0x660
[ 4.145919] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 4.145928] ? smb2_write+0xc74/0xe70
[ 4.145931] kasan_report+0xce/0x100
[ 4.145934] ? smb2_write+0xc74/0xe70
[ 4.145937] smb2_write+0xc74/0xe70
[ 4.145939] ? __pfx_smb2_write+0x10/0x10
[ 4.145942] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x30
[ 4.145945] ? ksmbd_smb2_check_message+0xeb2/0x24c0
[ 4.145948] ? smb2_tree_disconnect+0x31c/0x480
[ 4.145951] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080
[ 4.145953] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0
[ 4.145962] ? assign_work+0x122/0x3e0
[ 4.145964] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70
[ 4.145967] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 4.145970] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 4.145976] ? recalc_sigpending+0x19b/0x230
[ 4.145980] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4.145984] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 4.145992] ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
[ 4.145995] ? __switch_to+0x36c/0xbe0
[ 4.145999] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4.146003] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 4.146013] </TASK>
[ 4.146014]
[ 4.149858] Allocated by task 44:
[ 4.149953] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 4.150061] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 4.150169] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
[ 4.150274] ksmbd_share_config_get+0x1dd/0xdd0
[ 4.150401] ksmbd_tree_conn_connect+0x7e/0x600
[ 4.150529] smb2_tree_connect+0x2e6/0x1000
[ 4.150645] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080
[ 4.150761] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0
[ 4.150873] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70
[ 4.150978] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 4.151071] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 4.151176] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 4.151286]
[ 4.151332] Freed by task 44:
[ 4.151418] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 4.151526] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 4.151634] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
[ 4.151751] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
[ 4.151861] kfree+0x1ca/0x430
[ 4.151952] __ksmbd_tree_conn_disconnect+0xc8/0x190
[ 4.152088] smb2_tree_disconnect+0x1cd/0x480
[ 4.152211] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080
[ 4.152326] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0
[ 4.152438] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70
[ 4.152545] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 4.152638] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 4.152743] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 4.152853]
[ 4.152900] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810430c180
[ 4.152900] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-96 of size 96
[ 4.153226] The buggy address is located 20 bytes inside of
[ 4.153226] freed 96-byte region [ffff88810430c180, ffff88810430c1e0)
[ 4.153549]
[ 4.153596] The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
[ 4.153750] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff88810430ce80 pfn:0x10430c
[ 4.154000] flags: 0x
---truncated---
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| January 13, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| April 3, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| October 16, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-23428 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | eb947403518ea3d93f6d89264bb1f5416bb0c7d0 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.4 | 5.15.203 |
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