Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90171)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90171). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: smbdirect: release pending child sockets outside the handler lock
smbdirect_socket_destroy() releases the listener's pending/ready child
sockets while still holding the listener's handler lock, the
&id_priv->handler_mutex taken via rdma_lock_handler(), not
sc->listen.lock, and before the listener's own rdma_destroy_id().
That ordering has one real consequence and one cosmetic one.
The real one: smbdirect_socket_release() drops the child's last
reference, which destroys the child's cm_id. Doing that before the
listener's rdma_destroy_id() lets _cma_cancel_listens(), running from
the listener's _destroy_id(), walk an already freed child id_priv,
which KASAN catches as a slab-use-after-free during listener shutdown:
[ 4758.909130] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0x1469/0x1560
[ 4758.911450] Read of size 1 at addr ffff88821c381db4 by task ksmbd.control/1652
[ 4758.913262] Call Trace:
[ 4758.913267]
[ 4758.913299] __mutex_lock+0x1469/0x1560
[ 4758.913408] _cma_cancel_listens+0x312/0x3b0
[ 4758.913413] _destroy_id+0x363/0xee0
[ 4758.913417] smbdirect_socket_destroy_sync+0x17d5/0x2440
[ 4758.913443] smbdirect_socket_release+0x124/0x230
[ 4758.913451] ksmbd_rdma_stop_listening+0x9f/0x190
[ 4758.913457] ksmbd_conn_transport_destroy+0x65/0x3c0
[ 4758.913463] kill_server_store+0x1fb/0x2b0
[ 4758.913501] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x349/0x4d0
[ 4758.913507] vfs_write+0x5e7/0xc70
[ 4758.91…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-90171 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-90171" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-90171 (Linux kernel)
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90171 linux Fixed in: 7.2.6-1
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com