CVE-2026-31476

ksmbd: do not expire session on binding failure

CVE-2026-31476 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31476, released May 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.2
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0050
43rd percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: do not expire session on binding failure When a multichannel session binding request fails (e.g. wrong password), the error path unconditionally sets sess->state = SMB2_SESSION_EXPIRED. However, during binding, sess points to the target session looked up via ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() -- which belongs to another connection's user. This allows a remote attacker to invalidate any active session by simply sending a binding request with a wrong password (DoS). Fix this by skipping session expiration when the failed request was a binding attempt, since the session does not belong to the current connection. The reference taken by ksmbd_session_lookup_slowpath() is still correctly released via ksmbd_user_session_put().

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.170-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31476 May 15, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.85-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31476 May 15, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.19.11-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31476 May 15, 2026

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