FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ksmbd: prevent share root removal through empty paths" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9fd1fcbbf84986a7bcf601a2b90540899069d263
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026110337-caboose-tile-5488@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 9fd1fcbbf84986a7bcf601a2b90540899069d263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:53:57 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] ksmbd: prevent share root removal through empty paths

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>

diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index 5360c6999bb3..4ee72eda9bc0 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ 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 (for_remove)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		pathname = share_conf->path;
 		root_share_path = NULL;
 	} else {