CVE-2026-43376

ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info

Critical · published May 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info

ksmbd currently frees oplock_info immediately using kfree(), even

though it is accessed under RCU read-side critical sections in places

like opinfo_get() and proc_show_files().

Since there is no RCU grace period delay between nullifying the pointer

and freeing the memory, a reader can still access oplock_info

structure after it has been freed. This can leads to a use-after-free

especially in opinfo_get() where atomic_inc_not_zero() is called on

already freed memory.

Fix this by switching to deferred freeing using call_rcu().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00652 · 50.6th percentile
Published
2026-05-08T14:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 14:21Z
    ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info
    cvelistv5