ksmbd: defer destroy_previous_session() until after NTLM authentication
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: defer destroy_previous_session() until after NTLM authentication In ntlm_authenticate(), destroy_previous_session() is called using a user pointer resolved from the client-supplied NTLM blob username field before the NTLMv2 response is validated. An authenticated attacker can set the NTLM blob username to match a victim account and set PreviousSessionId to the victim's session ID; destroy_previous_session() destroys the victim's session while ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() subsequently rejects the request with -EPERM. Move destroy_previous_session() and the prev_id assignment to after ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() returns success and use sess->user rather than the pre-authentication lookup result. This matches the ordering already used by krb5_authenticate(), where destroy_previous_session() is called only after ksmbd_krb5_authenticate() returns success.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.217, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 8 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68130
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjmw-xwhw-8r5x
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab0230257ebdf48b07eaa679a8c92bc842fe3498
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/370b0ec8822b69c9073265e16b7daaa8201c9a4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c833074b549e5db125436a6f681af682261f785
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/243f1614ef2aca2d62a744575f1c24b07cd42757
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18705cace0619fd2123737dcd028147774f38181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff12308c8a6c16ab68f0a487ffa93d69001dc18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74801ee524f477c174a1899782b6c3b6918d407
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68130 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68130 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cjmw-xwhw-8r5x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68130 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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