smb/server: fix session leak in ksmbd_session_register()
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: smb/server: fix session leak in ksmbd_session_register() See the procedure below: smb2_sess_setup ksmbd_smb2_session_create __session_create atomic_set(&sess->refcnt, 2) hash_add(sessions_table, &sess->hlist, sess->id) ksmbd_session_register xa_store(&conn->sessions, sess->id, sess) // fail ksmbd_user_session_put atomic_dec(&sess->refcnt) // refcnt is 1, session is not freed Remove the session from sessions_table and drop its table reference if xa_store() fails.
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 6.1.191, 5.16, 6.3, 6.4
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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 OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90152
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2gf-579m-pqr2
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@988f99bfddda4e2d1da5f6e98b237dd85e123cee · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@869807cdd5599c289c21d40f36a504d72a0d23c6 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/869807cdd5599c289c21d40f36a504d72a0d23c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/988f99bfddda4e2d1da5f6e98b237dd85e123cee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a22a003f41b182245e6c71fe565e277cff7094
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b967a595fb735d313a8676b2ca6a4cba38506482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55c677619084f9c9fa4146d933cc8ccafc924c87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b25b046e47e4904373cfeb445c5483f1633d88
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90152 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90152 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c2gf-579m-pqr2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90152 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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