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CVE-2026-89641 (GCVE-0-2026-89641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:45 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:32
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Title
cifs: clear tcon after cifsFileInfo_put() in cifs_file_set_size()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: clear tcon after cifsFileInfo_put() in cifs_file_set_size() When the else branch of cifs_file_set_size() finds a writable file handle via find_writable_file(), it borrows tcon and server from the handle's tlink, attempts the handle-based set_file_size() RPC, and then releases the handle with cifsFileInfo_put(). If set_file_size() fails, execution falls through to the path-based fallback, which reuses the borrowed tcon and server under the "if (tcon == NULL)" guard. Since tcon is not NULL at that point, the guard is skipped. If cifsFileInfo_put() dropped the last reference on a tlink that was already removed from the tlink tree (TCON_LINK_IN_TREE cleared, as happens during reconnection or session teardown), cifs_put_tlink() will have freed tcon; the subsequent set_path_size() call is then a use-after-free. Setting tcon = NULL after cifsFileInfo_put() causes the existing guard to take the cifs_sb_tlink() path, which acquires a fresh reference for the path-based operation or fails cleanly if the session is gone.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e , < 4f18c9e7ee464aaae5cd9fccdb943b3fcb4655d4 (git)
Affected: 110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e , < 4bea15d9c7683218f57b8c1f5f0aa75cab76af8d (git)
Affected: 110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e , < b96db32fed8dfb2478d7c208f89bf383beed1535 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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