CVE-2026-64389 (GCVE-0-2026-64389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 08:50 – Updated: 2026-08-17 04:54
VLAI
Title
ksmbd: validate NTLMv2 response before updating session key
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate NTLMv2 response before updating session key ksmbd_auth_ntlmv2() derives the NTLMv2 session key into sess->sess_key before it verifies the NTLMv2 response. ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() then continues into KEY_XCH even when ksmbd_auth_ntlmv2() failed. With SMB3 multichannel binding, the failed authentication operates on an existing session and the session setup error path does not expire binding sessions. A client can send a binding session setup with a bad NT proof and KEY_XCH and still modify sess->sess_key before STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE is returned. Relevant path: smb2_sess_setup() -> conn->binding = true -> ntlm_authenticate() -> session_user() -> ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob() -> ksmbd_auth_ntlmv2() -> calc_ntlmv2_hash() -> hmac_md5_usingrawkey(..., sess->sess_key) -> crypto_memneq() returns mismatch -> KEY_XCH arc4_crypt(..., sess->sess_key, ...) -> out_err without expiring the binding session Derive the base session key into a local buffer and copy it to sess->sess_key only after the proof matches. Return immediately on authentication failure so KEY_XCH is only processed after successful authentication.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < b56400364aed5c34d6e1a0b493081290a5328a9c (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 89ca7756d5566ba636bb9092cdbe57dab095e136 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 954d196bebb2b50151cb96454c72dc113b2af1ac (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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