CVE-2026-43376

critical
Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-15
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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().

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43376

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43376.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8507ee82c888126d8e7565e27c016308d24cde

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302fef75512b2c8329a3f5efab1ae7ba2562387a

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dfd062caa165ec9d7ee0823087930f3ab8a6294

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6abf145615dbfe267ce3b0a271f95e3780e18e

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08aa9f3c8cf4d0bee44df540dfe34e8d64069f2c

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.19.10-1
debian debiansidfixed6.19.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.12.85-1
linux linux-kernelaffected6.6.130
linux linux-kernel6.15affected
linux linux-kernel7.0affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.