TI-2026-31394 Aliases CVE-2026-43215 GHSA-qhpw-2qgq-68px

cifs: Fix locking usage for tcon fields

MEDIUM 40CWE-362Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-10-30

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix locking usage for tcon fields We used to use the cifs_tcp_ses_lock to protect a lot of objects that are not just the server, ses or tcon lists. We later introduced srv_lock, ses_lock and tc_lock to protect fields within the corresponding structs. This was done to provide a more granular protection and avoid unnecessary serialization. There were still a couple of uses of cifs_tcp_ses_lock to provide tcon fields. In this patch, I've replaced them with tc_lock.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0032 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.128, 6.12.75 +3Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	6.0 and later	6.1.191, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.0 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.0 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.16; 6.19 to before 6.19.6	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.16; 6.19 to before 6.19.6 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43215
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qhpw-2qgq-68px
2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
2026-10-19 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@92d197ef7e9bb4994dae2bb17c2f19fa09d219a2 · CNA
2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

Patch 5

Other 1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92d197ef7e9bb4994dae2bb17c2f19fa09d219a2

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Sources

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