Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels() cifs_try_adding_channels() takes a temporary reference to an interface before dropping iface_lock. If cifs_ses_add_channel() fails, it drops that reference and then increments iface->weight_fulfilled. A concurrent interface list refresh can remove the list reference while channel creation is in progress. In that case, the failure-path kref_put() releases the last reference and frees iface. Updating weight_fulfilled afterward then accesses freed memory. Increment weight_fulfilled before dropping the temporary reference, keeping iface alive for the final access.
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1305eadc6a7d78a8d0a52eee29ddd2d9e8a27805
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ffacbadc14530e55b8d86f7b917524f6a0fb891
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/47dfac48bce7198ad4f1a388fc8c9491f878ac3b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4986410316b1ae0e63c6ce418e4eb196723626e7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d7584e62ac8cdc750455c5fdc6008fc2de4f06
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c292d4686f717c03e5022fc4ae7c782f39a94915
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 41 · as of 9 November 2026
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