ksmbd: serialize QUERY_DIRECTORY requests per file
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.70% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 52.1% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 1426fd79102539bc0ab5c8fced047ad4313b9908, 2a64dbf9c739ddf7a25a066507597bf89f8f73d2, 64dac2d486ec1eb18dc00968b16a230b6b75ec24.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1426fd79102539bc0ab5c8fced047ad4313b9908, 2a64dbf9c739ddf7a25a066507597bf89f8f73d2, 64dac2d486ec1eb18dc00968b16a230b6b75ec24 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: serialize QUERY_DIRECTORY requests per file smb2_query_dir() stores a pointer to its stack-allocated private data in the ksmbd_file readdir_data. Concurrent QUERY_DIRECTORY requests using the same file handle can overwrite this pointer while an iterate_dir() callback is still using it, resulting in a stack use-after-free. Add a per-file mutex and hold it while accessing the shared directory enumeration state. The lock covers scan restart, dot entry state, readdir_data setup and iteration, and response construction. This prevents another request from replacing readdir_data.private before the current request has finished using it and also serializes the shared file position.
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 52th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-416
Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Linux
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.15 and later · before 6.1.178
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.145
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.96
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.39
- linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.1.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.15affected
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before 1426fd79102539bc0ab5c8fced047ad4313b9908affected · git
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before 2a64dbf9c739ddf7a25a066507597bf89f8f73d2affected · git
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before 64dac2d486ec1eb18dc00968b16a230b6b75ec24affected · git
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before a1d5d31cad593ea5e1b637f2f39c9ef6d09d1199affected · git
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before fd22b039a5a05bc1d6818e9dcd1001fb432a829daffected · git
- e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and later · before be6d26bf27499977c746abc163659915082348d8affected · git
- before 5.15not affected · semver
- 6.1.178 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.145 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.180-1 | 6.1.180-1 |
| Debian:12 | linux-6.12 | before 6.12.100-1~deb12u1 | 6.12.100-1~deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.96-1 | 6.12.96-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.1.4-1 | 7.1.4-1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1426fd79102539bc0ab5c8fced047ad4313b9908 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 2a64dbf9c739ddf7a25a066507597bf89f8f73d2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 64dac2d486ec1eb18dc00968b16a230b6b75ec24 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a1d5d31cad593ea5e1b637f2f39c9ef6d09d1199 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | be6d26bf27499977c746abc163659915082348d8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fd22b039a5a05bc1d6818e9dcd1001fb432a829d | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.180-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux-6.12 | 6.12.100-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-416 · Use After FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-416 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);Fixed
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a64dbf9c739ddf7a25a066507597bf89f8f73d2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64dac2d486ec1eb18dc00968b16a230b6b75ec24
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1d5d31cad593ea5e1b637f2f39c9ef6d09d1199
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/be6d26bf27499977c746abc163659915082348d8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd22b039a5a05bc1d6818e9dcd1001fb432a829d
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.