CVE-2026-99276
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: defer connection scavenging while session locks are busy The expiration worker holds conn_list_lock for reading while checking for authenticated sessions. Without this change, the check can wait for conn->session_lock or sessions_table_lock. In destroy_previous_session(), the status updates after ksmbd_conn_wait_idle_sess() run with both session locks held for writing. Both the KSMBD_SESS_GOOD error path and the KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP success path call ksmbd_all_conn_set_status(), which takes conn_list_lock for reading. A writer queued on conn_list_lock can block these new read acquisitions. The worker then waits for a session lock held by destroy_previous_session(), which waits behind the writer. The writer cannot proceed until the worker releases conn_list_lock. Try both session locks instead of waiting in the scavenging check. Keep the connection when either lock is busy and let the periodic worker retry later.
How to fix
- Linux Linux4e4e8b38994a0b0fc23f00ca6698b469a41abe70, b4bae7af1154089be87c7475218264fcbfd16d10, 7.3 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | d7fd1f98607f2cd358e583f9548bdf0173090a86 ≤ v < 4e4e8b38994a0b0fc23f00ca6698b469a41abe70, d7fd1f98607f2cd358e583f9548bdf0173090a86 ≤ v < b4bae7af1154089be87c7475218264fcbfd16d10, c99ea7855124ca1428a1e59c2b4590aaef34eacf, 7.2.8 ≤ v < 7.3, 7.3 | 4e4e8b38994a0b0fc23f00ca6698b469a41abe70, b4bae7af1154089be87c7475218264fcbfd16d10, 7.3 |
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