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High · 7.5 CVE-2025-40090 EUVD-2025-36988GHSA-m33j-r627-qphr

ksmbd: fix recursive locking in RPC handle list access

Published Oct 30, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ksmbd: fix recursive locking in RPC handle list access

Since commit 305853cce3794 ("ksmbd: Fix race condition in RPC handle list
access"), ksmbd_session_rpc_method() attempts to lock sess->rpc_lock.

This causes hung connections / tasks when a client attempts to open
a named pipe. Using Samba's rpcclient tool:

$ rpcclient //192.168.1.254 -U user%password
$ rpcclient $> srvinfo
<connection hung here>

Kernel side:
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:0 state:D stack:0 pid:5021 tgid:5021 ppid:2 flags:0x00200000
Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
Call trace:
__schedule from schedule+0x3c/0x58
schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0xc/0x10
schedule_preempt_disabled from rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x1b0/0x1d8
rwsem_down_read_slowpath from down_read+0x28/0x30
down_read from ksmbd_session_rpc_method+0x18/0x3c
ksmbd_session_rpc_method from ksmbd_rpc_open+0x34/0x68
ksmbd_rpc_open from ksmbd_session_rpc_open+0x194/0x228
ksmbd_session_rpc_open from create_smb2_pipe+0x8c/0x2c8
create_smb2_pipe from smb2_open+0x10c/0x27ac
smb2_open from handle_ksmbd_work+0x238/0x3dc
handle_ksmbd_work from process_scheduled_works+0x160/0x25c
process_scheduled_works from worker_thread+0x16c/0x1e8
worker_thread from kthread+0xa8/0xb8
kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x38
Exception stack(0x8529ffb0 to 0x8529fff8)

The task deadlocks because the lock is already held:
ksmbd_session_rpc_open
down_write(&sess->rpc_lock)
ksmbd_rpc_open
ksmbd_session_rpc_method
down_read(&sess->rpc_lock) <-- deadlock

Adjust ksmbd_session_rpc_method() callers to take the lock when necessary.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.12.53 – < 6.12.55, 6.17.3 – < 6.17.5 6.12.55

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.17.7-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15702-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.18.16-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1

Advisories 3

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