CVE-2026-99280 PUBLISHED

ksmbd: drain session procfs readers before dropping table references

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 07.11.2026 Updated: 07.11.2026

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

ksmbd: drain session procfs readers before dropping table references

Session registration failure and connection cleanup can drop the table reference while the per-session procfs entry is still accessible. If a reader holds the last remaining reference, its final put calls proc_remove() from its own callback and waits for that callback to finish.

Remove the procfs entry before dropping the table reference in the registration failure path. Queue sessions removed during connection cleanup and drain their procfs readers after releasing both session locks, then return their table references. Keep the global hash node unhashed while a session is queued so a concurrent unregister cannot drop the reference again.

Previous-session replacement also destroys the file table before the session is finally freed. Detach the idr under the lock used by procfs file counters, and report zero files after it has been detached. This prevents a reader from accessing the idr during or after its destruction.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d7fd1f98607f2cd358e583f9548bdf0173090a86 to 6789f0983f8e85ce3a5ed8c50fc05d613ead9c2c (excl.)
  • affected from d7fd1f98607f2cd358e583f9548bdf0173090a86 to 1c087cf7d5386c708d8984b263280b42b3daada0 (excl.)
  • Version c99ea7855124ca1428a1e59c2b4590aaef34eacf is affected
  • affected from 7.2.8 to 7.3 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.3 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.3 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3.2 to 7.3.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.4-rc1 to * (incl.)

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