Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-64016

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix durable reconnect error path file lifetime After a durable reconnect succeeds, ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd() republishes the same ksmbd_file into the session volatile-id table. If smb2_open() then takes a later error path, cleanup first calls ksmbd_fd_put(work, fp) and then unconditionally calls ksmbd_put_durable_fd(dh_info.fp). In this case fp and dh_info.fp are the same object. The first put drops the reconnect lookup reference, but the final durable put can run __ksmbd_close_fd(NULL, fp). Because the final close is not session-aware, it can free the file object without removing the volatile-id entry that was just published into the session table. Use the session-aware put for the final reconnect drop when the reconnect had already succeeded and the error path is cleaning up the republished file. Earlier reconnect failures, before fp is assigned to dh_info.fp, keep using the durable-only put path.

EPSS: 0.006 (48.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions ce2e164c1c51c3f7813b80f8c926836e896bcbb3, 97a0cd55283b4e63fd92804da91c8d9896adcad9, 1baff47b81f94f9231c91236aa511420d0e266b9

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-64016?
CVE-2026-64016 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-64016?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.