Bug 2536359 (CVE-2026-90152) - CVE-2026-90152 kernel: smb/server: fix session leak in ksmbd_session_register()
Summary: CVE-2026-90152 kernel: smb/server: fix session leak in ksmbd_session_register()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90152
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 12:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:33:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/server: fix session leak in ksmbd_session_register()

See the procedure below:

  smb2_sess_setup
    ksmbd_smb2_session_create
      __session_create
        atomic_set(&sess->refcnt, 2)
        hash_add(sessions_table, &sess->hlist, sess->id)
    ksmbd_session_register
      xa_store(&conn->sessions, sess->id, sess) // fail
    ksmbd_user_session_put
      atomic_dec(&sess->refcnt) // refcnt is 1, session is not freed

Remove the session from sessions_table and drop its table reference if
xa_store() fails.


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