[PATCH] ksmbd: enforce the read-only share flag when creating a stream

From: Ian Bridges

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 21:26:51 EST


When a share is read-only, smb2_open() rejects opens that would create
or truncate a file. Creating a named stream on an existing file with
streams_xattr sets neither O_CREAT nor O_TRUNC, so it passes this check,
and smb2_set_stream_name_xattr() then creates the stream. On a Time
Machine share, opening a missing AFP_AfpInfo stream also writes one. A
user who can write a file at the filesystem level can therefore add
streams to it through a read-only share.

Do not create a stream or synthesize AFP_AfpInfo when the share is not
writable. Existing streams still open normally, and a missing stream
opened with FILE_OPEN still returns STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND.

Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
Fixes: eaff8e924f60 ("ksmbd: synthesize empty AFP_AfpInfo xattr on first probe")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ian Bridges <icb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
Reachable on a read-only streams_xattr share, or for a user outside its
"write list". The change is persistent but only adds empty streams, or
the synthesized 60-byte AFP_AfpInfo on a Time Machine share. Writing
stream data still goes through the writable check. It is not a privilege
escalation.

Tested on ksmbd-for-next bd24b89645c5 with read-only and writable
streams_xattr and Time Machine shares. Before this change new streams
are created on the read-only shares. With it they fail with
STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED and nothing is written. Writable shares behave as
before.

A reproducer is available on request.

This fix was developed with LLM assistance.

fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index f3cd6ff7eb09..cbbe12b3f96e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -3566,7 +3566,8 @@ static noinline int smb2_set_stream_name_xattr(const struct path *path,
if (fp->cdoption == FILE_OPEN_LE) {
if (!strcmp(stream_name, "AFP_AfpInfo") &&
test_share_config_flag(fp->tcon->share_conf,
- KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_TIME_MACHINE)) {
+ KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_TIME_MACHINE) &&
+ test_tree_conn_flag(fp->tcon, KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE)) {
/*
* Synthesize an empty AFP_AfpInfo xattr on first access.
* type=0/creator=0 tells macOS to use the file extension
@@ -3593,6 +3594,9 @@ static noinline int smb2_set_stream_name_xattr(const struct path *path,
return -EBADF;
}

+ if (!test_tree_conn_flag(fp->tcon, KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE))
+ return -EACCES;
+
rc = ksmbd_vfs_setxattr(idmap, path, xattr_stream_name, NULL, 0, 0, false);
if (rc < 0)
pr_err("Failed to store XATTR stream name :%d\n", rc);

base-commit: bd24b89645c5fa8283aceda78dbe53aa234e6bf9
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2.47.3