smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
The invalidHandle, swapfile, oplock_break_cancelled, offload,
and status_file_deleted fields are stored in the same bitfield byte
in struct cifsFileInfo, but are updated in different code paths that
may run simultaneously, and are protected by different locks. Since
bitfield assignments generate byte-level read-modify-write operations,
a modification to one flag can overwrite a concurrent modification to
another flag.
To avoid these races, convert these flags from a bitfield to
separate bool fields.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races The invalidHandle, swapfile, oplock_break_cancelled, offload, and status_file_deleted fields are stored in the same bitfield byte in struct cifsFileInfo, but are updated in different code paths that may run simultaneously, and are protected by different locks. Since bitfield assignments generate byte-level read-modify-write operations, a modification to one flag can overwrite a concurrent modification to another flag. To avoid these races, convert these flags from a bitfield to separate bool fields. | |
| Title | smb: client: split cifsFileInfo bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:45:45.654Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.364Z
Link: CVE-2026-98681
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:21.457
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:21.457
Link: CVE-2026-98681
Redhat
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