Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: do not expire session on binding failure When a multichannel session binding request fails (e.g. wrong password), the error path unconditionally sets sess->state = SMB2_SESSION_EXPIRED. However, during binding, sess points to the target session looked up via ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() -- which belongs to another connection's user. This allows a remote attacker to invalidate any active session by simply sending a binding request with a wrong password (DoS). Fix this by skipping session expiration when the failed request was a binding attempt, since the session does not belong to the current connection. The reference taken by ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() is still correctly released via ksmbd_user_session_put().

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-22T13:54:04.779Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-23T15:18:35.031Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-31476 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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