ksmbd: fix memory leaks and NULL deref in smb2_lock() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-31477
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.48 % · percentile 41 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix memory leaks and NULL deref in smb2_lock() smb2_lock() has three error handling issues after list_del() detaches smb_lock from lock_list at no_check_cl: 1) If vfs_lock_file() returns an unexpected error in the non-UNLOCK path, goto out leaks smb_lock and its flock because the out: handler only iterates lock_list and rollback_list, neither of which contains the detached smb_lock. 2) If vfs_lock_file() returns -ENOENT in the UNLOCK path, goto out leaks smb_lock and flock for the same reason. The error code returned to the dispatcher is also stale. 3) In the rollback path, smb_flock_init() can return NULL on allocation failure. The result is dereferenced unconditionally, causing a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Add a NULL check to prevent the crash and clean up the bookkeeping; the VFS lock itself cannot be rolled back without the allocation and will be released at file or connection teardown. Fix cases 1 and 2 by hoisting the locks_free_lock()/kfree() to before the if(!rc) check in the UNLOCK branch so all exit paths share one free site, and by freeing smb_lock and flock before goto out in the non-UNLOCK branch. Propagate the correct error code in both cases. Fix case 3 by wrapping the VFS unlock in an if(rlock) guard and adding a NULL check for locks_free_lock(rlock) in the shared cleanup. Found via call-graph analysis using sqry.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < cdac6f7e7e428dc70e3b5898ac6999a72ed13993 ; affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < c9b95ef6f5039f19e46c3a521a4fe1752d91dfe9 ; affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 91aeaa7256006d79a37298f5a1df23325db91599 ; affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 3cdacd11b41569ce75b3162142240f2355e04900 ; affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < aab42f0795620cf0d3955a520f571f697d0f9a2a ; affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 309b44ed684496ed3f9c5715d10b899338623512
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.15 ; unaffected 0 < 5.15 ; unaffected 6.1.168 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.131 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.80 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.21 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD