CVE-2026-74494: ksmbd: reject repeated SMB2 NEGOTIATE requests

CVE-2026-74494: ksmbd: reject repeated SMB2 NEGOTIATE requests

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@kernel.org>

Description
===========

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

ksmbd: reject repeated SMB2 NEGOTIATE requests

Unauthenticated client can send multiple successful SMB2 NEGOTIATE
requests on one connection before SESSION_SETUP. While the connection is
in KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP, smb2_handle_negotiate() accepts another
SMB3.1.1 NEGOTIATE and overwrites conn->preauth_info with a new allocation.
Only the final allocation is freed when the connection is released, leaking
one object for every additional successful request.

A repeated SMB2 NEGOTIATE after a dialect has been selected is a protocol
violation. MS-SMB2 section 3.3.5.4 requires the server to disconnect
without replying in this case. Set the connection exiting when rejecting
the request, in addition to suppressing the response.

Reject SMB2 NEGOTIATE unless the connection is new or is waiting for the
SMB2 NEGOTIATE that follows an SMB1 multi-protocol negotiate. Serialize
both SMB1 and SMB2 negotiation paths under conn->srv_mutex, since they
update connection-wide dialect and negotiation state.

Move the locking contract to ksmbd_smb_negotiate_common(), where the state
and dialect are selected, and add ksmbd_conn_new() for consistent state
access.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2026-74494 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 5.15 with commit e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and fixed in 6.18.44 with commit a60b5da05e318d9a364dbac38c347c7f24e625e7
	Issue introduced in 5.15 with commit e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and fixed in 7.1.8 with commit 7e02cb30e8a1f5fc78cb10b220b06020e36d0bbe
	Issue introduced in 5.15 with commit e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 and fixed in 7.2-rc6 with commit cb469993b3a61a72653770856d37af616d72d05f

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2026-74494
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	fs/smb/server/connection.h
	fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
	fs/smb/server/smb_common.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a60b5da05e318d9a364dbac38c347c7f24e625e7
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e02cb30e8a1f5fc78cb10b220b06020e36d0bbe
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb469993b3a61a72653770856d37af616d72d05f