CVE-2026-74608 PUBLISHED

smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels()

cifs_try_adding_channels() takes a temporary reference to an interface before dropping iface_lock. If cifs_ses_add_channel() fails, it drops that reference and then increments iface->weight_fulfilled.

A concurrent interface list refresh can remove the list reference while channel creation is in progress. In that case, the failure-path kref_put() releases the last reference and frees iface. Updating weight_fulfilled afterward then accesses freed memory.

Increment weight_fulfilled before dropping the temporary reference, keeping iface alive for the final access.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from cbc53148cc0946b72d62a3c53870cb22ce4ec284 to 64d7584e62ac8cdc750455c5fdc6008fc2de4f06 (excl.)
  • affected from cff97d683a083b862a8bb24309e0f4d2d928128a to c292d4686f717c03e5022fc4ae7c782f39a94915 (excl.)
  • affected from 6aac002bcfd554aff6d3ebb55e1660d078d70ab0 to 47dfac48bce7198ad4f1a388fc8c9491f878ac3b (excl.)
  • affected from 6aac002bcfd554aff6d3ebb55e1660d078d70ab0 to 1ffacbadc14530e55b8d86f7b917524f6a0fb891 (excl.)
  • affected from 6aac002bcfd554aff6d3ebb55e1660d078d70ab0 to 1305eadc6a7d78a8d0a52eee29ddd2d9e8a27805 (excl.)
  • affected from 6aac002bcfd554aff6d3ebb55e1660d078d70ab0 to 4986410316b1ae0e63c6ce418e4eb196723626e7 (excl.)
  • Version 22a6c5b3425f327e7f4c3606a72277dce82c7d83 is affected
  • affected from 6.1.78 to 6.1.183 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.6.17 to 6.6.152 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.7.5 to 6.8 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.183 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.152 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.104 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.45 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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