{"cve":"CVE-2026-31444","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-22T14:16:38.010","modified":"2026-06-17T10:33:43.960","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()\n\nsmb_grant_oplock() has two issues in the oplock publication sequence:\n\n1) opinfo is linked into ci->m_op_list (via opinfo_add) before\n   add_lease_global_list() is called.  If add_lease_global_list()\n   fails (kmalloc returns NULL), the error path frees the opinfo\n   via __free_opinfo() while it is still linked in ci->m_op_list.\n   Concurrent m_op_list readers (opinfo_get_list, or direct iteration\n   in smb_break_all_levII_oplock) dereference the freed node.\n\n2) opinfo->o_fp is assigned after add_lease_global_list() publishes\n   the opinfo on the global lease list.  A concurrent\n   find_same_lease_key() can walk the lease list and dereference\n   opinfo->o_fp->f_ci while o_fp is still NULL.\n\nFix by restructuring the publication sequence to eliminate post-publish\nfailure:\n\n- Set opinfo->o_fp before any list publication (fixes NULL deref).\n- Preallocate lease_table via alloc_lease_table() before opinfo_add()\n  so add_lease_global_list() becomes infallible after publication.\n- Keep the original m_op_list publication order (opinfo_add before\n  lease list) so concurrent opens via same_client_has_lease() and\n  opinfo_get_list() still see the in-flight grant.\n- Use opinfo_put() instead of __free_opinfo() on err_out so that\n  the RCU-deferred free path is used.\n\nThis also requires splitting add_lease_global_list() to take a\npreallocated lease_table and changing its return type from int to void,\nsince it can no longer fail.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48623ec358c1c600fa1e38368746f933e0f1a617","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7e5a918c1d0aad06db0e17677b66fc9a471021","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de55bba69cbf0f9280daaea385daf08bc076121","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e785f004cbc56390479b77375726ea9b0d1a8a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c6f6d6ceefed2d5210ee420fb75f8362461f46"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:30:49.762551342+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31444","score":0.0045,"percentile":0.39126,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}