CVE-2026-23230CWE-362

CVE-2026-23230

High · published February 18, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

is_open, has_lease and on_list are stored in the same bitfield byte in

struct cached_fid but are updated in different code paths that may run

concurrently. Bitfield assignments generate byte read–modify–write

operations (e.g. `orb $mask, addr` on x86_64), so updating one flag can

restore stale values of the others.

A possible interleaving is:

CPU1: load old byte (has_lease=1, on_list=1)

CPU2: clear both flags (store 0)

CPU1: RMW store (old | IS_OPEN) -> reintroduces cleared bits

To avoid this class of races, convert these flags to separate bool

fields.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00205 · 10.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2026-02-18T21:22Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.1, < 6.1.1646.1.164
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1256.6.125
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.726.12.72
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.116.18.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.16.19.1
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 14:53Z
    smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
    cvelistv5