ksmbd: reject non-VALID session in compound request branch (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.66 % · percentile 52 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: reject non-VALID session in compound request branch smb2_check_user_session() takes a shortcut for any operation that is not the first in a COMPOUND request: it reuses work->sess (the session bound by the first operation) and validates only the SessionId, then returns "valid". It never re-checks work->sess->state == SMB2_SESSION_VALID, and a SessionId of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (ULLONG_MAX, the MS-SMB2 related-operation value) skips even the id comparison. The standalone path (ksmbd_session_lookup_all() plus the SESSION_SETUP state machine) does enforce the VALID state; the compound branch bypasses all of it. A SESSION_SETUP carrying only an NTLM Type-1 (NtLmNegotiate) blob publishes a fresh SMB2_SESSION_IN_PROGRESS session whose sess->user is still NULL (->user is assigned later, by ntlm_authenticate()). Used as operation 1 of a COMPOUND with operation 2 = TREE_CONNECT (related, SessionId=ULLONG_MAX, \\host\IPC$), the tree-connect then runs on that IN_PROGRESS session and reaches ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request(), which dereferences user_name(sess->user) with sess->user == NULL (transport_ipc.c:687/701/704) -> remote NULL-pointer dereference and a kernel Oops that wedges the ksmbd worker for all clients. Reject any non-first compound operation that lands on a session which is not SMB2_SESSION_VALID, mirroring the validity the standalone lookup path enforces. SESSION_SETUP itself legitimately runs on an IN_PROGRESS session, but it is never carried as a non-first compound operation, so multi-leg authentication is unaffected by this check.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff12b82a376ff5c4583102a63d2456a6b9ebb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc578523a72cb8b329d32070b95898e81613cc3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2bbbb6c55812220fee5d801c275cc267ea3cbeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0302fb691537d33ec8f668565257ea9d340ffe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cad3ceaf679c55bc9946685dacafce78ce6b51a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e1f05a1dbe8bbd054c0927b17fc0a61cc8bef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f983b864d3d473ac533b2f4f44a1bbe5dcbccf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609ca17d869d04ba249e32cdcbf13c0b1c66f43c
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-45505
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-53383
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1229 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1203 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1162 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0957 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.15.121 < 5.15.211cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.1.36 < 6.1.177cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.3.10 < 6.4cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.4.1 < 6.6.144cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.95cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.18.37cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 7.0.14cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.1 < 7.1.2cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected eb947403518ea3d93f6d89264bb1f5416bb0c7d0 < 25ff12b82a376ff5c4583102a63d2456a6b9ebb9 ; affected 854156d12caa9d36de1cf5f084591c7686cc8a9d < fc578523a72cb8b329d32070b95898e81613cc3f ; affected 5005bcb4219156f1bf7587b185080ec1da08518e < d2bbbb6c55812220fee5d801c275cc267ea3cbeb ; affected 5005bcb4219156f1bf7587b185080ec1da08518e < 8f0302fb691537d33ec8f668565257ea9d340ffe ; affected 5005bcb4219156f1bf7587b185080ec1da08518e < 7cad3ceaf679c55bc9946685dacafce78ce6b51a ; affected 5005bcb4219156f1bf7587b185080ec1da08518e < 06e1f05a1dbe8bbd054c0927b17fc0a61cc8bef7 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.4 ; unaffected 0 < 6.4 ; unaffected 5.15.211 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.177 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.144 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |