FKIE_CVE-2026-97558

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-25 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-25 15:17
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix cifsFileInfo reference leak in deferred close When cifs_close() defers a close, it hands the cifsFileInfo reference of the closing struct file to the queued work. Each execution of smb2_deferred_work_close() drops one such reference. deferred_close_scheduled can be false while the work is pending: the workqueue clears PENDING when the callback starts to run, before the callback clears the flag under deferred_lock. A close in that interval requeues the running work, and the callback then clears the flag, leaving the requeued work pending with the flag down. A later cifs_open() can reuse the handle and its cifs_close() reaches the same branch: queue_delayed_work() fails because the work is still pending, but cifs_close() returns without dropping the closing file's reference. The cifsFileInfo count stays pinned and its tlink, dentry and server handle are leaked. Check the return value and hand off the reference only when work was actually queued. Otherwise, use the shared _cifsFileInfo_put(), like the mod_delayed_work() branch above: the pending execution already owns its reference. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5520e89a5a4f834bced64cf2ac927001cc513a40
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6767712902beb0f53238be485971c9a83ea1079
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea93759d6c2789924f4e557aed5be532207715ea
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix cifsFileInfo reference leak in deferred close\n\nWhen cifs_close() defers a close, it hands the cifsFileInfo reference\nof the closing struct file to the queued work. Each execution of\nsmb2_deferred_work_close() drops one such reference.\n\ndeferred_close_scheduled can be false while the work is pending: the\nworkqueue clears PENDING when the callback starts to run, before the\ncallback clears the flag under deferred_lock. A close in that\ninterval requeues the running work, and the callback then clears the\nflag, leaving the requeued work pending with the flag down. A later\ncifs_open() can reuse the handle and its cifs_close() reaches the\nsame branch: queue_delayed_work() fails because the work is still\npending, but cifs_close() returns without dropping the closing file\u0027s\nreference. The cifsFileInfo count stays pinned and its tlink, dentry\nand server handle are leaked.\n\nCheck the return value and hand off the reference only when work was\nactually queued. Otherwise, use the shared _cifsFileInfo_put(), like\nthe mod_delayed_work() branch above: the pending execution already\nowns its reference.\n\nThis issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-97558",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-25T15:17:59.080",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:06.320",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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