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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: remove stale channels from all sessions on teardown\n\nksmbd_sessions_deregister() removes a connection\u0027s channels from other\nsessions\u0027 channel lists only while conn-\u003ebinding is still set:\n\n\tif (conn-\u003ebinding) {\n\t\thash_for_each_safe(sessions_table, ...)\n\t\t\tksmbd_chann_del(conn, sess);\n\t}\n\nconn-\u003ebinding is a transient flag: it is cleared once a binding\nSESSION_SETUP completes, and also by a subsequent non-binding\nSESSION_SETUP on the same connection (a reauthentication on a bound\nchannel, or a new SessionId==0 setup). A connection that has bound a\nchannel into another session\u0027s ksmbd_chann_list and then clears\nconn-\u003ebinding leaves that channel behind when it disconnects: the\nchannel, whose chann-\u003econn points at the now freed struct ksmbd_conn,\nstays on the owner session\u0027s list.\n\nWhen the owning connection later tears down, the second loop\ndereferences the stale channel:\n\n\txa_for_each(\u0026sess-\u003eksmbd_chann_list, chann_id, chann)\n\t\tif (chann-\u003econn != conn)\n\t\t\tksmbd_conn_set_exiting(chann-\u003econn);   /* freed */\n\nwhich is a use-after-free write into the freed ksmbd_conn (the same\nstale channel is also walked by show_proc_session() through /proc). The\nsession is leaked as well, because its channel list never empties.\n\nRemove the conn-\u003ebinding gate so a connection always removes its\nchannels from every session on teardown."
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            "baseScore": 8.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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              "value": "AV:N - TCP/445 SMB2 SESSION_SETUP messages carry SessionId and SMB2_SESSION_REQ_FLAG_BINDING into smb2_sess_setup(), which calls register_session_channel(); TCP teardown then reaches patched ksmbd_sessions_deregister() through ksmbd_server_terminate_conn().\nAC:L - On a multichannel-enabled server, one client can bind a second connection, send a non-binding SESSION_SETUP to clear conn-\u003ebinding, close it, wait for its ksmbd_conn to be freed, then close the owning connection; no race or third-party state is needed.\nPR:L - smb2_sess_setup() rejects guest binding and requires a valid session; ntlm_authenticate() compares the session user and ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() verifies the NTLMv2 response before register_session_channel(), requiring valid non-guest SMB credentials.\nUI:N - After authentication, the SMB client alone sends both SESSION_SETUP variants and closes the bound and owning TCP connections; no victim action is required.\nS:U - register_session_channel() stores a kernel ksmbd_conn pointer in a kernel ksmbd_session, and the stale-pointer write in ksmbd_sessions_deregister() corrupts resources within that same kernel security authority.\nC:H - register_session_channel() leaves channel::conn pointing to a freed kmalloc-backed ksmbd_conn; remotely groomed slab reuse followed by the stale dereference creates exploitable kernel memory corruption that can lead to arbitrary kernel-data disclosure.\nI:H - During owner teardown, ksmbd_sessions_deregister() passes the dangling chann-\u003econn to ksmbd_conn_set_exiting(), writing KSMBD_SESS_EXITING into a reused slab object; this UAF corruption can be groomed for kernel data modification or control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The stale write can corrupt a live slab object and cause an oops or panic; if the slot is reused by another ksmbd_conn, changing its status to KSMBD_SESS_EXITING also terminates that connection, and the sequence is repeatable."
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    "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.377Z",
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