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ksmbd: fix leak of transform buffer on encrypt_resp() failure

PATCH New Qianchang Zhao 1 participant 1 message Nov 4, 2025

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Stable branch Kernel SMB3 server (ksmbd)
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PATCH 1/1 ksmbd: fix leak of transform buffer on encrypt_resp() failure

When encrypt_resp() fails at the send path, we only set STATUS_DATA_ERROR but leave the transform buffer allocated (work->tr_buf in this tree). Repeating this path leaks kernel memory and can lead to OOM (DoS) when encryption is required.

Reproduced on: Linux v6.18-rc2 (self-built test kernel)

Fix by freeing the transform buffer and forcing plaintext error reply.

Reported-by Qianchang Zhao <[email protected]>
Reported-by Zhitong Liu <[email protected]>
Cc [email protected]
Signed-off-by Qianchang Zhao <[email protected]>
---
 fs/smb/server/server.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
fs/smb/server/server.c +7 -1
index 40420544c..15dd13e76 100644
@@ -244,8 +244,14 @@ static void __handle_ksmbd_work(struct ksmbd_work *work,
 	if (work->sess && work->sess->enc && work->encrypted &&
 	    conn->ops->encrypt_resp) {
 		rc = conn->ops->encrypt_resp(work);
-		if (rc < 0)
+		if (rc < 0) {
 			conn->ops->set_rsp_status(work, STATUS_DATA_ERROR);
+			work->encrypted = false;
+			if (work->tr_buf) {
+				kvfree(work->tr_buf);
+				work->tr_buf = NULL;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if (work->sess)
 		ksmbd_user_session_put(work->sess);
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