CVE-2025-38527

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

smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break

A race condition can occur in cifs_oplock_break() leading to a

use-after-free of the cinode structure when unmounting:

cifs_oplock_break()

_cifsFileInfo_put(cfile)

cifsFileInfo_put_final()

cifs_sb_deactive()

[last ref, start releasing sb]

kill_sb()

kill_anon_super()

generic_shutdown_super()

evict_inodes()

dispose_list()

evict()

destroy_inode()

call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, i_callback)

spin_lock(&cinode->open_file_lock) <- OK

[later] i_callback()

cifs_free_inode()

kmem_cache_free(cinode)

spin_unlock(&cinode->open_file_lock) <- UAF

cifs_done_oplock_break(cinode) <- UAF

The issue occurs when umount has already released its reference to the

superblock. When _cifsFileInfo_put() calls cifs_sb_deactive(), this

releases the last reference, triggering the immediate cleanup of all

inodes under RCU. However, cifs_oplock_break() continues to access the

cinode after this point, resulting in use-after-free.

Fix this by holding an extra reference to the superblock during the

entire oplock break operation. This ensures that the superblock and

its inodes remain valid until the oplock break completes.