From: Michail Andreas Michalopoulos <mike.michalo@gmail.com>
To: linkinjeon@kernel.org, stfrench@microsoft.com
Cc: icb@fastmail.org, senozhatsky@chromium.org, tom@talpey.com,
chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com, ematsumiya@suse.de,
lsahlber@redhat.com, hyc.lee@gmail.com,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Michail Andreas Michalopoulos <mike.michalo@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] ksmbd: check a request before signing STATUS_NETWORK_SESSION_EXPIRED
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 20:06:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106190622.20990-5-mike.michalo@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106190622.20990-1-mike.michalo@gmail.com>
When a session's Kerberos ticket has expired, smb2_check_user_session()
returns -EKEYEXPIRED and __handle_ksmbd_work() signs the
STATUS_NETWORK_SESSION_EXPIRED response if the request has
SMB2_FLAGS_SIGNED set. This happens before __process_request(), which
is where the MessageId and the request signature are checked. So the
response is signed with the session's key for a request whose
signature was never verified, at a MessageId that was never checked.
Anyone who can inject requests into the connection can then get
responses signed with that key at MessageIds of their choice: a
signing oracle. Reauthentication keeps the session's keys, so the effect
lasts for the rest of the session.
MS-SMB2 checks the MessageId (3.3.5.2.3) and the signature (3.3.5.2.4)
before the session (3.3.5.2.9). Do the same: sign the response only if
the request passes both checks, and otherwise answer with an unsigned
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER or STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED, as
__process_request() does.
For a later command of a compound, the response that is current at this
point is still the previous one, so the old code re-signed that response
instead. Leave the expired response of such a command unsigned.
An AI assistant was used to draft the patch and as an independent
reviewer.
Fixes: a47634cd729b ("ksmbd: expire SMB sessions when Kerberos tickets expire")
Reported-by: Ian Bridges <icb@fastmail.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michail Andreas Michalopoulos <mike.michalo@gmail.com>
---
fs/smb/server/server.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/server.c b/fs/smb/server/server.c
index 4430c8d6393e..bd4db44f06cd 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/server.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/server.c
@@ -107,6 +107,32 @@ static inline int check_conn_state(struct ksmbd_work *work)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * The keys of a session whose Kerberos ticket has expired are still valid,
+ * so STATUS_NETWORK_SESSION_EXPIRED is signed. Check the MessageId and the
+ * signature first (MS-SMB2 3.3.5.2.3 and 3.3.5.2.4), so that the key never
+ * signs a response to a request it did not sign.
+ */
+static void ksmbd_sign_expired_rsp(struct ksmbd_work *work)
+{
+ struct ksmbd_conn *conn = work->conn;
+
+ /*
+ * For a later command of a compound, the current response is still
+ * the previous one here, so signing would corrupt that response.
+ * Leave this one unsigned.
+ */
+ if (work->next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off)
+ return;
+
+ if (ksmbd_verify_smb_message(work))
+ conn->ops->set_rsp_status(work, STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER);
+ else if (!conn->ops->check_sign_req(work))
+ conn->ops->set_rsp_status(work, STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED);
+ else
+ conn->ops->set_sign_rsp(work);
+}
+
#define SERVER_HANDLER_CONTINUE 0
#define SERVER_HANDLER_ABORT 1
@@ -276,7 +302,7 @@ static void __handle_ksmbd_work(struct ksmbd_work *work,
rsp_hdr = ksmbd_resp_buf_curr(work);
if (rc == -EKEYEXPIRED && work->sess &&
conn->ops->set_sign_rsp)
- conn->ops->set_sign_rsp(work);
+ ksmbd_sign_expired_rsp(work);
else
rsp_hdr->Flags |= SMB2_FLAGS_SIGNED;
}
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 11:14 [PATCH 0/2] ksmbd: AES-GMAC signing support Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-03 11:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] ksmbd: sign with the negotiated SMB 3.1.1 signing algorithm Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-03 11:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] ksmbd: add AES-GMAC signing support Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-03 17:17 ` Ian Bridges
2026-11-03 17:57 ` mixalhs
2026-11-04 4:30 ` Namjae Jeon
2026-11-06 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] ksmbd: verify session setup requests before signing with their key Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-06 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] ksmbd: verify the signature of session binding requests Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-06 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] ksmbd: sign with the negotiated SMB 3.1.1 signing algorithm Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-06 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] ksmbd: use the channel signing key for session setup on a bound channel Michail Andreas Michalopoulos
2026-11-06 19:06 ` Michail Andreas Michalopoulos [this message]
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