smb: client: fix use-after-free of iface in cifs_try_adding_channels() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-98173
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.34 % · percentile 28 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix use-after-free of iface in cifs_try_adding_channels() cifs_try_adding_channels() iterates ses->iface_list with list_for_each_entry_safe_from(), which captures the next entry (niface) under iface_lock. The loop body then drops iface_lock for the whole duration of cifs_ses_add_channel(). A concurrent interface refresh (SMB3_request_interfaces() -> parse_server_interfaces()) marks all ifaces inactive and removes and frees any that are not re-advertised via list_del() + kref_put(), where release_iface() is a bare kfree(). Since niface typically has no channel holding a reference, the list reference is its last and it can be freed inside the unlocked window. On continue, the iterator advance step then dereferences niface->iface_head.next, and the loop body reads iface->rdma_capable/is_active, both on freed memory. Fix this by never keeping an unreferenced list pointer across the unlocked window. Each channel attempt now re-scans the list from the head under iface_lock, takes a kref on the selected candidate, and passes only that referenced candidate to cifs_ses_add_channel(). weight_fulfilled still tracks selection progress, so restarting the scan preserves the original weighted distribution and the weight_fulfilled-before-kref_put ordering on the failure path. Add a per-pass attempts cap so a flapping interface refresh cannot keep the inner loop spinning within a single tries increment.

References

Scores

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

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < 93e8a49adb2a575202c5ee766435eff2f9f95f5b ; affected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < ee0d8f83d68f6e6509f092c997ccab3c8c801538 ; affected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < c941f1ebfd26f683de81091473f3596a218abff0 ; affected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < e99040e5e9c60441e6b4725e1a7b88c3106ae903 ; affected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < ec36b38e65596950e6c29bed7dfc90b98707c19c ; affected aa45dadd34e44fcd6a9df4b395bee5b5633b4cec < d034e836eefd7ce75e588f7031cffbeec594f5ac
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.112 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.54 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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