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CVE-2026-98681

smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races The invalidHandle, swapfile, oplock_break_cancelled, offload, and status_file_deleted fields are stored in the same bitfield byte in struct cifsFileInfo, but are updated in different code paths that may run simultaneously, and are protected by different locks. Since bitfield assignments generate byte-level read-modify-write operations, a modification to one flag can overwrite a concurrent modification to another flag. To avoid these races, convert these flags from a bitfield to separate bool fields.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < f255e87b4f7eda568c37d6eae5db1d1a8aca5968affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < 7fa619367869be705942f087b2ecd209efc78fe1affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < e961baf9c1a4f2e93a55f8eb2c6151fc27b96a4caffected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < 3b8e7928cf1928555dc05d172dd02fb0e7692ec4affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < 3786ee67658a2c80fef2544e7de2cd329e043cf9affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < 4165641d06ef44f3a31b77a28048b6c737e885e7affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < d9d23d115610e0342e768f6cb525d91c7b154027affected
  • 3bc303c254335dbd7c7012cc1760b12f1d5514d3 to < 19465a9aeb664f1d710d0d22c07c31bfb7c85446affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.32affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.32unaffected
  • 5.10.273 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.224 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.191 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.56 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.10 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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