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smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races is_open, has_lease and on_list are stored in the same bitfield byte in struct cached_fid but are updated in different code paths that may run concurrently. Bitfield assignments generate byte read–modify–write operations (e.g. `orb $mask, addr` on x86_64), so updating one flag can restore stale values of the others. A possible interleaving is: CPU1: load old byte (has_lease=1, on_list=1) CPU2: clear both flags (store 0) CPU1: RMW store (old | IS_OPEN) -> reintroduces cleared bits To avoid this class of races, convert these flags to separate bool fields.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.164, 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1, 6.6.125
CVEs
CVE-2026-23230
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Feb 2026, 14:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races is_open, has_lease and on_list are stored in the same bitfield byte in struct cached_fid but are updated in different code paths that may run concurrently. Bitfield assignments generate byte read–modify–write operations (e.g. `orb $mask, addr` on x86_64), so updating one flag can restore stale values of the others. A possible interleaving is: CPU1: load old byte (has_lease=1, on_list=1) CPU2: clear both flags (store 0) CPU1: RMW store (old | IS_OPEN) -> reintroduces cleared bits To avoid this class of races, convert these flags to separate bool fields.

osv:CVE-2026-23230

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.164, 6.6.125, 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1

Complete source record
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