Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23427)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23427). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles

parse_durable_handle_context() unconditionally assigns dh_info->fp->conn
to the current connection when handling a DURABLE_REQ_V2 context with
SMB2_FLAGS_REPLAY_OPERATION. ksmbd_lookup_fd_cguid() does not filter by
fp->conn, so it returns file handles that are already actively connected.
The unconditional overwrite replaces fp->conn, and when the overwriting
connection is subsequently freed, __ksmbd_close_fd() dereferences the
stale fp->conn via spin_lock(&fp->conn->llist_lock), causing a
use-after-free.

KASAN report:

[ 7.349357] ==================================================================
[ 7.349607] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.349811] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881056ac18c by task kworker/1:2/108
[ 7.350010]
[ 7.350064] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 108 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #58 PREEMPTLAZY
[ 7.350068] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 7.350070] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
[ 7.350083] Call Trace:
[ 7.350087]
[ 7.350087] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
[ 7.350094] print_report+0xce/0x660
[ 7.350100] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350101] ? __pfx___mod_timer+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350106] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350108] kasan_report+0xc…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23427 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23427" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23427 (Kernel)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.130"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.78"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.9.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.20"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23427 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.80-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23427 linux Fixed in: 6.12.85-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23427 linux-hwe-edge