From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
"Zachariah Mithani (AploSec)" <zachariah@aplosai.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] ksmbd: prevent share root removal through empty paths
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 10:34:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103153340.375429-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026110336-chatting-upstage-25a1@gregkh>
From: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 9fd1fcbbf84986a7bcf601a2b90540899069d263 ]
A FileLinkInformation request can supply "/" as the new link name.
smb2_get_name() strips the trailing slash and passes an empty string to
ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_start_removing().
ksmbd_vfs_path_lookup() resolves an empty pathname as the configured share
path, without LOOKUP_BENEATH. With ReplaceIfExists set, smb2_create_link()
can therefore remove the share root from its parent before link creation
fails. An authenticated client with a writable share and DELETE access to
a file can trigger this if the share root is empty and the mapped user
has write and search permission on its parent directory.
Return -EINVAL for empty pathnames when for_remove is set, before
resolving the share path or acquiring removal resources. Ordinary lookups
continue to accept empty pathnames for opening the share root.
Fixes: 74d7970febf7 ("ksmbd: fix racy issue from using ->d_parent and ->d_name")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Zachariah Mithani (AploSec) <zachariah@aplosai.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
[ sashal: Replaced for_remove with the existing do_lock parameter. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/smb/server/vfs.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index c18ab8431e0d2..29b204776b961 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ static int ksmbd_vfs_path_lookup(struct ksmbd_share_config *share_conf,
struct dentry *d;
if (pathname[0] == '\0') {
+ /* The share root must never be removed. */
+ if (do_lock)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
pathname = share_conf->path;
root_share_path = NULL;
} else {
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-03 10:45 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ksmbd: prevent share root removal through empty paths" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-11-03 15:34 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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