Bug 2468218 (CVE-2026-43376) - CVE-2026-43376 kernel: ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info
Summary: CVE-2026-43376 kernel: ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43376
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-08 17:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:05:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info

ksmbd currently frees oplock_info immediately using kfree(), even
though it is accessed under RCU read-side critical sections in places
like opinfo_get() and proc_show_files().

Since there is no RCU grace period delay between nullifying the pointer
and freeing the memory, a reader can still access oplock_info
structure after it has been freed. This can leads to a use-after-free
especially in opinfo_get() where atomic_inc_not_zero() is called on
already freed memory.

Fix this by switching to deferred freeing using call_rcu().


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