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 ```
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.168-202.320Upgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-staticUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpfUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.79-101.147Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.20-20.229Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.12-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-devel | 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-6.8.0-1064-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2050-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gkeUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1056-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1033-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1030-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1059-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1062-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1061-aws-fips | 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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