Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: do not expire session on binding failure When a multichannel session binding request fails (e.g. wrong password), the error path unconditionally sets sess->state = SMB2_SESSION_EXPIRED. However, during binding, sess points to the target session looked up via ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() -- which belongs to another connection's user. This allows a remote attacker to invalidate any active session by simply sending a binding request with a wrong password (DoS). Fix this by skipping session expiration when the failed request was a binding attempt, since the session does not belong to the current connection. The reference taken by ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() is still correctly released via ksmbd_user_session_put().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1888b4a7aec518b707f6eca0bf08992c0e8da3 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fafc4c4238e538969f1375f9ecdc6587c53f1cc Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bbb19d21ded7d78645506f20d8c44895e3d0fb9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a897064a457056acb976e20e3007cdf553de340f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e5edc81b241c70355217de7e120c97c3429deb Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5300690c23c5ac860499bb37dbc09cf43fd62e6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4642ea35c03cf3d3558c009df4757cdb7af3f82d
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.2
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 43 · as of 13 November 2026
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