CVE-2026-64396 ksmbd: fix UAF of struct file_lock in SMB2_LOCK deferred-lock cancellation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix UAF of struct filelock in SMB2LOCK deferred-lock cancellation When a blocking byte-range lock request is deferred in the FILELOCKDEFERRED path, ksmbd registers the asynchronous work into the connection's asyncrequests...

CVE-2026-64396

CVE-2026-64396 concerns the Linux kernel ksmbd subsystem. A use-after-free (UAF) of a struct file_lock can occur during SMB2_LOCK deferred-lock cancellation when a blocking byte-range lock is deferred and the asynchronous work is canceled concurrently. The root cause is a race between de‑queuing ...

PT-2026-43940

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