CVE-2026-72381

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check

Two concurrent SMB2 durable reconnects (DH2C/DHnC) on the same persistent_id race the fp->owner.name compare-read in ksmbd_vfs_compare_durable_owner() against the kfree() in ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd()'s reopen-success path. fp->owner.name is a standalone kstrdup() buffer whose lifetime is independent of the fp refcount, and the two sites share no lock: the compare reads the buffer while the reopen frees it, so the strcmp() can dereference freed memory.

Commit 7ce4fc40018d ("ksmbd: fix durable reconnect double-bind race in ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd") made the fp->conn claim atomic under global_ft.lock (closing the owner.name double-free and the ksmbd_file write-UAF), but the compare-read versus reopen-free pair was left unserialized.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in strcmp+0x2c/0x80 Read of size 1 by task kworker strcmp ksmbd_vfs_compare_durable_owner smb2_check_durable_oplock smb2_open Freed by task kworker: kfree ksmbd_reopen_durable_fd smb2_open Allocated by task kworker: kstrdup session_fd_check smb2_session_logoff The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-8

Serialize both sides of the race with fp->f_lock. The global durable file-table lock still protects the durable reconnect claim, but fp->owner.name is per-open state and does not need to block unrelated durable table lookups or reconnects. The teardown is left at its existing location after the reopen-success point so that an __open_id() rollback still retains owner.name for a later legitimate reconnect to verify.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
49%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb978d72052704c6b06c6b0f129fcd60b77169f5
generic

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed98719be41389d416953b8ef9f07a07dfea6b2b
generic

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d4d46bf9d442a12ea87278049ec416962c627f
generic

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5ac2852cd326529d02f778bc1aa6184701f4d7
generic

ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38637163501fd9e2f684b8cd275d0db5d79f37c6

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72381(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 41× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 04:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 20:28 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-18 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-18 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 03:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-17 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 14:42 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-17 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-17 10:36 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-17 10:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-17 06:29 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-17 06:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 05:58 UTCEG score recompute 9.80
  5. 2026-08-17 05:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  7. 2026-08-17 05:29 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-17 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  10. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-15 06:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  15. 2026-08-15 06:05 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72381?
CVE-2026-72381 is a critical vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check Two concurrent SMB2 durable reconnects (DH2C/DHnC) on the same persistent_id race the fp->owner.name compare-read in ksmbdvfscomparedurableowner() against…
When was CVE-2026-72381 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72381 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72381 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72381 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72381?
CVE-2026-72381 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72381?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72381, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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