{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68130","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.370Z","datePublished":"2026-08-10T11:58:52.653Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-23T12:45:52.403Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-23T12:45:52.403Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: defer destroy_previous_session() until after NTLM authentication\n\nIn ntlm_authenticate(), destroy_previous_session() is called using a\nuser pointer resolved from the client-supplied NTLM blob username field\nbefore the NTLMv2 response is validated. An authenticated attacker can\nset the NTLM blob username to match a victim account and set\nPreviousSessionId to the victim's session ID; destroy_previous_session()\ndestroys the victim's session while ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob()\nsubsequently rejects the request with -EPERM.\n\nMove destroy_previous_session() and the prev_id assignment to after\nksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() returns success and use sess->user\nrather than the pre-authentication lookup result. This matches the\nordering already used by krb5_authenticate(), where\ndestroy_previous_session() is called only after\nksmbd_krb5_authenticate() returns success."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c"],"versions":[{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"ab0230257ebdf48b07eaa679a8c92bc842fe3498","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"370b0ec8822b69c9073265e16b7daaa8201c9a4f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"5c833074b549e5db125436a6f681af682261f785","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"243f1614ef2aca2d62a744575f1c24b07cd42757","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"18705cace0619fd2123737dcd028147774f38181","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"0ff12308c8a6c16ab68f0a487ffa93d69001dc18","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","lessThan":"c74801ee524f477c174a1899782b6c3b6918d407","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.217","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.183","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.148","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.101","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.42","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.217"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.183"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.148"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.101"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.42"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab0230257ebdf48b07eaa679a8c92bc842fe3498"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/370b0ec8822b69c9073265e16b7daaa8201c9a4f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c833074b549e5db125436a6f681af682261f785"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/243f1614ef2aca2d62a744575f1c24b07cd42757"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18705cace0619fd2123737dcd028147774f38181"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff12308c8a6c16ab68f0a487ffa93d69001dc18"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74801ee524f477c174a1899782b6c3b6918d407"}],"title":"ksmbd: defer destroy_previous_session() until after NTLM authentication","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}