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-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.168-202.320Upgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernelUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.79-101.147Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-devel | May 4, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | May 3, 2026 | May 3, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1062-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1056-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1033-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gkeUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2050-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-raspiUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae | 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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