# CVE-2026-31717: ksmbd: validate owner of durable handle on reconnect

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 6.6.142
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.6.32, fixed in 6.6.142
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate owner of durable handle on reconnect Currently, ksmbd does not verify if the user attempting to reconnect to a durable handle is the same user who originally opened the file. This allows any authenticated user to hijack an orphaned durable handle by predicting or brute-forcing the persistent ID. According to MS-SMB2, the server MUST verify that the SecurityContext of the reconnect request matches the SecurityContext associated with the existing open. Add a durable_owner structure to ksmbd_file to store the original opener's UID, GID, and account name. and catpure the owner information when a file handle becomes orphaned. and implementing ksmbd_vfs_compare_durable_owner() to validate the identity of the requester during SMB2_CREATE (DHnC).

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/712cdf917e77a6444ce3836874829d770db20ee6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f0f0d01c88bdcb8b1694d7d321670013f7ed7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ce8d6789dae72d042a4522264964c72891ca37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c908c853f304a4969b5aa10eba0b50350cc65b80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49110a8ce654bbe56bef7c5e44cce31f4b102b8a
- https://github.com/TurtleARM/ksmbrace

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