{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-97562", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-24T16:01:01.155Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:21:50.664Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:09:25.220Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:09:25.220Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: pin DFS superblock in iterator callback\n\ntcon_super_cb() stores a raw superblock pointer, but __cifs_get_super()\ntakes its active reference only after iterate_supers_type() has dropped\ns_umount and its passive reference. Concurrent DFS automount expiry can\ntherefore free the superblock before cifs_sb_active() uses it.\n\nA deterministic KASAN test reproduces the race as:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cifs_sb_active+0x77/0x80\n\nThe same test passes with this change applied.\n\nTake the active reference in the callback while iterate_supers_type()\nstill holds s_umount shared. cifs_put_tcp_super() remains the matching\nrelease." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The racing side is started by the remote SMB server: dropping the session or replying STATUS_NETWORK_NAME_DELETED makes the client run smb2_reconnect() -> cifs_tree_connect() -> cifs_get_dfs_tcon_super() -> __cifs_get_super(). There, tcon_super_cb() saves a raw superblock pointer that is used after s_umount is released.\nAC:H - The server can force reconnects repeatedly, but the superblock is only freed if a DFS-link automount expires via cifs_expire_automounts() (a 500s periodic timer, idle submount only) inside the small gap between iterate_supers_type() returning and cifs_sb_active(). The attacker does not control that timing.\nPR:N - The attacker is the SMB/DFS server or a network peer that can reset the client's session. Forcing the client's tree reconnect needs no account or privilege on the client.\nUI:R - A victim must have mounted a DFS share with an automounted DFS link from the attacker-reachable server (cifs mounts need real CAP_SYS_ADMIN, not a user namespace), and the link must be idle long enough to expire.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts memory in the same kernel that runs the CIFS client, so no separate security authority is crossed.\nC:H - After the freed super_block and cifs_sb_info are reused, the reconnect path keeps reading them (cifs_sb_active() on freed memory, then CIFS_SB(sb) fields in tree_connect_dfs_target()), so reclaimed slab contents can be read.\nI:H - cifs_sb_active() increments counters in the freed cifs_sb/sb, and cifs_update_super_prepath() frees and replaces cifs_sb->prepath in the freed cifs_sb_info. Both are writes into freed memory that can be turned into heap corruption.\nA:H - The fix commit reports a KASAN slab-use-after-free in cifs_sb_active(); without KASAN the corrupted superblock refcounts and the later cifs_put_tcp_super()/deactivate_super() can crash the kernel." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/client/misc.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "bacd704a95ad0b93af995aae4a523aa046f46563", "lessThan": "3c9acc9835c304013a4faeb969fe9333d66ca9f8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bacd704a95ad0b93af995aae4a523aa046f46563", "lessThan": "ea43a15cea36dc5ddd832be5bddeac7dd804cbcf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bacd704a95ad0b93af995aae4a523aa046f46563", "lessThan": "a6b6561522212af852c9ad8a7dca8d59ef2c7377", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bacd704a95ad0b93af995aae4a523aa046f46563", "lessThan": "5b01a8c0209690db75341528ec53fd87e0ac1460", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bacd704a95ad0b93af995aae4a523aa046f46563", "lessThan": "d806d5a85dcbe2a0f181b2f0f9f61ddfbefa1818", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/client/misc.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.7", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.158", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.111", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.53", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.158" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.111" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.53" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9acc9835c304013a4faeb969fe9333d66ca9f8" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea43a15cea36dc5ddd832be5bddeac7dd804cbcf" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b6561522212af852c9ad8a7dca8d59ef2c7377" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b01a8c0209690db75341528ec53fd87e0ac1460" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d806d5a85dcbe2a0f181b2f0f9f61ddfbefa1818" } ], "title": "smb: client: pin DFS superblock in iterator callback", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }