In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/server: abort initialization when proc setup fails
ksmbd_server_init() calls ksmbd_proc_init() before creating the
remaining proc entries and server subsystems. ksmbd_proc_init() tears
down partial state on a procfs or percpu_counter allocation failure,
but returns void, so ksmbd_server_init() continues as if the counters
were usable.
Once userspace starts the server, server_ctrl_handle_init() calls
ksmbd_proc_reset(), which reaches percpu_counter_set() with a NULL
per-CPU counters pointer on SMP systems. The later ksmbd_proc_create()
calls also receive a NULL parent and may create entries in the /proc
root; ksmbd_proc_cleanup() cannot remove those entries because
ksmbd_proc_fs is NULL.
smb/server: abort initialization when proc setup fails
ksmbd_server_init() calls ksmbd_proc_init() before creating the
remaining proc entries and server subsystems. ksmbd_proc_init() tears
down partial state on a procfs or percpu_counter allocation failure,
but returns void, so ksmbd_server_init() continues as if the counters
were usable.
Once userspace starts the server, server_ctrl_handle_init() calls
ksmbd_proc_reset(), which reaches percpu_counter_set() with a NULL
per-CPU counters pointer on SMP systems. The later ksmbd_proc_create()
calls also receive a NULL parent and may create entries in the /proc
root; ksmbd_proc_cleanup() cannot remove those entries because
ksmbd_proc_fs is NULL.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Linux | Linux | unaffected |
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| Linux | Linux | affected |
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: abort initialization when proc setup fails ksmbd_server_init() calls ksmbd_proc_init() before creating the remaining proc entries and server subsystems. ksmbd_proc_init() tears down partial state on a procfs or percpu_counter allocation failure, but returns void, so ksmbd_server_init() continues as if the counters were usable. Once userspace starts the server, server_ctrl_handle_init() calls ksmbd_proc_reset(), which reaches percpu_counter_set() with a NULL per-CPU counters pointer on SMP systems. The later ksmbd_proc_create() calls also receive a NULL parent and may create entries in the /proc root; ksmbd_proc_cleanup() cannot remove those entries because ksmbd_proc_fs is NULL. | |
| Title | smb/server: abort initialization when proc setup fails | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:06:54.504Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.790Z
Link: CVE-2026-90164
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:17:09.747
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:17:09.747
Link: CVE-2026-90164
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