Bug 2513133 (CVE-2026-68083) - CVE-2026-68083 kernel: ksmbd: fix path resolution in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_create
Summary: CVE-2026-68083 kernel: ksmbd: fix path resolution in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_create
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68083
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-10 20:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:01:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix path resolution in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_create

The SMB2 open lookup is rooted at the share with LOOKUP_BENEATH, but the
create/mkdir/hardlink sink is not: ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_create() builds an
absolute path with convert_to_unix_name() and resolves it from AT_FDCWD
via start_creating_path(), so a ".." component is walked from the real
filesystem root and escapes the export.

An authenticated client races a missing path component so the rooted open
lookup returns -ENOENT (taking the create branch) while the same component
is present (a directory) when the create walk runs; the create then
resolves ".." out of the share.

Root the create walk at the share like the lookup and rename paths already
are: resolve the parent with vfs_path_parent_lookup(..., LOOKUP_BENEATH,
&share_conf->vfs_path) and create the final component with
start_creating_noperm(). convert_to_unix_name() then has no callers and is
removed.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-10 20:43:37 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081020-CVE-2026-68083-70ef@gregkh/T


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