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...

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,...

CVE-2025-38561

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

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 -...

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-0122-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit While working on processing dlm message in softirq context I experienced the following KASAN use-after-free warning: . In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

LSN-0122-1 Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit While working on processing dlm message in softirq context I experienced the following KASAN use-after-free warning: . In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

K000163576: Multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Security Advisory Description CVE-2026-52911 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: scope conn-binding slowpath to bound sessions only When the binding SESSIONSETUP sets conn-binding = true, the flag stays set after the call so that the global session lookup in...

ROS-20261006-73-0196

The vulnerability of the ksmbd component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to deficiencies in error handling. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, working remotely, to gain unauthorized access to protected information...

CVE-2026-90175

A flaw was found in the ksmbd server component of the Linux kernel. This memory leak occurs because a buffer returned by ksmbdipcloginrequestext is not freed unconditionally after ksmbdallocuser calls. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by exhaustin...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: splitting ksmbdrdmastoplistening from ksmbdrdmaDestroy We cannot call destroyworkqueuesmbdirectwq; before stopsessions! Otherwise, existing connections will attempt to use smbdirectwq as a NULL pointer...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: The issue of “use-after-free” of conn-preauthinfo in the concurrent SMB2 NEGOTIATE process has been fixed. conn-preauthinfo represents information about a shared connection state struct preauthintegrityinfo, kmalloc-96. Th...

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 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: ksmbd: fixed the bug in the trap function of smb2lock. If the lock count is greater than 1, the flags might contain an old value. This issue should be checked using the flags of smb Lock, not those of smb Lock. This could lead...

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 occurs during the handling of SMB2LOGOFF commands. The issue arises from the lack of proper validation of a pointer before accessing it. An attacker can exploit this...

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 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: transportipc: Validate the payload size before reading the handle. The handleresponse function dereferences the payload as a 4-byte handle without verifying that the declared payload size is at least 4 bytes. A malformed o...

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: A use-after-free issue was addressed in closefiletableids. A ksmbdfile can remain active after a logical close, while another session holds a temporary reference obtained through ksmbdlookupfd inode. Currently, ksmbdclosef...