{"id":"CVE-2026-31444","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-31444","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:18:57.211Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock() smb_grant_oplock() has two issues in the oplock publication sequence: 1) opinfo is linked into ci->m_op_list (via…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()\n\nsmb_grant_oplock() has two issues in the oplock publication sequence:\n\n1) opinfo is linked into ci->m_op_list (via opinfo_add) before\n   add_lease_global_list() is called.  If add_lease_global_list()\n   fails (kmalloc returns NULL), the error path frees the opinfo\n   via __free_opinfo() while it is still linked in ci->m_op_list.\n   Concurrent m_op_list readers (opinfo_get_list, or direct iteration\n   in smb_break_all_levII_oplock) dereference the freed node.\n\n2) opinfo->o_fp is assigned after add_lease_global_list() publishes\n   the opinfo on the global lease list.  A concurrent\n   find_same_lease_key() can walk the lease list and dereference\n   opinfo->o_fp->f_ci while o_fp is still NULL.\n\nFix by restructuring the publication sequence to eliminate post-publish\nfailure:\n\n- Set opinfo->o_fp before any list publication (fixes NULL deref).\n- Preallocate lease_table via alloc_lease_table() before opinfo_add()\n  so add_lease_global_list() becomes infallible after publication.\n- Keep the original m_op_list publication order (opinfo_add before\n  lease list) so concurrent opens via same_client_has_lease() and\n  opinfo_get_list() still see the in-flight grant.\n- Use opinfo_put() instead of __free_opinfo() on err_out so that\n  the RCU-deferred free path is used.\n\nThis also requires splitting add_lease_global_list() to take a\npreallocated lease_table and changing its return type from int to void,\nsince it can no longer fail.","published":"2026-04-22T14:16:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:33:44.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0045,"percentile":0.38862,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31444","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}