KSMBDrain

Overview Proof-of-Concept exploit for KSMBDrain CVE-2025-38501. It can remotely exhaust the KSMBD server's connection limit. Details A remote attacker can exhaust a KSMBD server’s maximum connection limit by performing a TCP 3-way handshake and then not responding to further packets. By default,...

ksmbd-n-day

README This repo accompanies my research article Eternal-Tux: Crafting a Linux Kernel KSMBD 0-Click RCE Exploit from N-Days, in which I develop a POC for n-days from 2023: CVE-2023-52440 and CVE-2023-4130. I provide the kernel .config, a kernel run script, an image build script, and the POC. The...

KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947

CVE-2025-37947 PoC for ksmbd For more information, see the article here. Files bpf-tracer.sh - BPF msgmsg tracer CVE-2025-37947.c - exploit for CVE-2025-37947 proof-of-concept.c - minimal trigger that causes the OOB write ksmbd.conf - ksmbd config Makefile - builds exploit run-qemu.sh -...

CVE-2025-38561

CVE-2025-38561 ksmbd: PreauhHashValue race condition If client send multiple session setup requests to ksmbd, PreauhHashValue race condition could happen...

ksmbrace

ksmbrace Vulnerability research in ksmbd , the Linux kernel's in-kernel SMB3 server fs/smb/server/. Authenticated-attacker flaws on the durable-handle and path-resolution paths of ksmbd. The name nods to the race-condition theme of this line of work see the withheld byte-range-lock UAF,...

SMB-LINUX-CVE-2025-37899

Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's ksmbd CVE-2025-37899 Description A use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in the ksmbd module of the Linux kernel, responsible for implementing the SMB Server Message Block protocol for network file sharing. This vulnerability, identified a...

LSN-0121-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipcmsgsendrequest ipcmsgsendrequest waits for a generic netlink reply using an ipcmsgtableentry on the stack. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix...

LSN-0121-1 Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipcmsgsendrequest ipcmsgsendrequest waits for a generic netlink reply using an ipcmsgtableentry on the stack. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix...

SUSE CVE-2026-72381

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp-owner.name in durable handle owner check Two concurrent SMB2 durable reconnects DH2C/DHnC on the same persistentid race the fp-owner.name compare-read in ksmbdvfscomparedurableowner against the kfr...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

A flaw was discovered in the handling of SMB2 read requests within the kernel’s ksmbd module. The issue arises due to the lack of proper validation of user-provided data, which can lead to reading data beyond the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: ksmbd: fixed a possible memory leak in smb2lock. argv needs to be freed when setupasyncwork fails, or when the current process is awakened...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

A flaw was discovered in the ksmbd component of the Linux kernel. A memory leak may occur if a client sends a session setup request with an unknown NTLMSSP message type, potentially leading to resource exhaustion...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: ksmbd: fixed the global out-of-bounds read in ksmbdnlpolicy. Similar to the reported issue see commit b33fb5b801c6 “net: qualcomm: rmnet: fixed global out-of-bounds in rmnetpolicy”, my local fuzzer discovered another global...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Validates the session ID and tree ID in compound requests. The function smb2getmsg in smb2getksmbdtcon and smb2checkusersession always returns the first command in a compound request’s headers. If SMB2TREECONNECTHE is the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

A flaw was discovered in the ksmbd component of the Linux kernel, a high-performance in-kernel SMB server. The specific flaw resides in the handling of SMB2SESSIONSETUP commands. The problem arises due to a lack of control over resource consumption. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

A flaw was discovered in the ksmbd component of the Linux kernel. A deadlock occurs when multiple session setup requests are sent simultaneously, which may lead to a denial of service...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fixed a potential out-of-bounds write issue in getfileallinfo for compound requests. When a compound request consists of QUERYDIRECTORY + QUERYINFO FILEALLINFORMATION, and the first command consumes nearly the entire...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: ksmbd: Fixed a slab out-of-bounds write in smbinheritdacl. The slab out-of-bounds write occurs because the offsets are larger than the allocation size of pntsd. This patch adds a check to validate the three offsets using the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

A out-of-bounds memory read flaw was discovered in the parseleasestate function within the KSMBD implementation of the in-kernel Samba server and CIFS in the Linux kernel. When an attacker sends the CREATE command along with a malformed payload to KSMBD, due to a lack of checks on the NameOffset...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fixed a slab-out-of-bounds issue in initsmb2rsphdr When smb1 mounting fails, KASAN detects a slab-out-of-bounds issue in initsmb2rsphdr, as follows. For smb1’s negotiate56 bytes, initsmb2rsphdr is called for smb2. The issu...