In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option
Customer reported that some of their krb5 mounts were failing against a single server as the client was trying to mount the shares with wrong credentials. It turned out the client was reusing SMB session from first mount to try mounting the other shares, even though a different username= option had been specified to the other mounts.
By using username mount option along with sec=krb5 to search for principals from keytab is supported by cifs.upcall(8) since cifs-utils-4.8. So fix this by matching username mount option in match_session() even with Kerberos.
For example, the second mount below should fail with -ENOKEY as there is no 'foobar' principal in keytab (/etc/krb5.keytab). The client ends up reusing SMB session from first mount to perform the second one, which is wrong.
``` $ ktutil ktutil: add_entry -password -p testuser -k 1 -e aes256-cts Password for [email protected]: ktutil: write_kt /etc/krb5.keytab ktutil: quit $ klist -ke Keytab name: FILE:/etc/krb5.keytab KVNO Principal ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 [email protected] (aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96) $ mount.cifs //w22-root2/scratch /mnt/1 -o sec=krb5,username=testuser $ mount.cifs //w22-root2/scratch /mnt/2 -o sec=krb5,username=foobar $ mount -t cifs | grep -Po 'username=\K\w+' testuser testuser ```
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.168-202.320Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.79-101.147 | May 4, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | May 3, 2026 | May 3, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-fipsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1062-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gkeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1056-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2050-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-awsUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1033-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 |
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