[PATCH 1/2] ksmbd: skip metadata-only opens in sharing checks
From: Ian Bridges
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 14:03:17 EST
A READ_CONTROL open without FILE_SHARE_DELETE makes a later DELETE open
of the file fail with STATUS_SHARING_VIOLATION.
ksmbd_smb_check_shared_mode() compares the sharing modes of two opens
even when one holds none of FILE_EXECUTE, FILE_READ_DATA,
FILE_WRITE_DATA, FILE_APPEND_DATA and DELETE. It skips a pair only when
exactly one of them asks for nothing but attribute rights.
Skip a pair of opens unless both hold one of those rights.
Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ian Bridges <icb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Notes:
An authenticated user can trigger it on any share, and a guest can on a
share with "guest ok = yes". On a share without stored DACLs an open for
FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES and READ_CONTROL needs only search permission on
the directory. A user with that permission can hold such an open without
sharing and block the owner's reads, writes and deletes of a file in it.
Tested on ksmbd-for-next e49296d51ccb with KASAN, with no reports or
warnings. In targeted sharing tests and a KUnit matrix every changed
result removes a sharing violation that MS-FSA does not make.
smbtorture gives the same results as on the base.
A reproducer is available on request.
This fix was developed with LLM assistance.
fs/smb/server/smb_common.c | 9 +++++++++
fs/smb/server/smb_common.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
index f9fb3741ada3..920e94017bf6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.c
@@ -719,6 +719,15 @@ int ksmbd_smb_check_shared_mode(struct file *filp, struct ksmbd_file *curr_fp)
if (prev_fp->attrib_only != curr_fp->attrib_only)
continue;
+ /*
+ * Two opens conflict only if both hold a right in
+ * FILE_SHARE_CHECKED_ACCESS_LE (MS-FSA 2.1.5.1.2.1 and
+ * 2.1.5.1.2.2)
+ */
+ if (!(prev_fp->daccess & FILE_SHARE_CHECKED_ACCESS_LE) ||
+ !(curr_fp->daccess & FILE_SHARE_CHECKED_ACCESS_LE))
+ continue;
+
if (!(prev_fp->saccess & FILE_SHARE_DELETE_LE) &&
curr_fp->daccess & FILE_DELETE_LE) {
smb_shared_mode_error(SHARE_DELETE_ERROR,
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.h b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.h
index a9cc09e31721..4d404d1592c6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb_common.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb_common.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
FILE_EXECUTE | FILE_DELETE_CHILD | \
FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES)
+/* Rights that make an open take part in sharing checks */
+#define FILE_SHARE_CHECKED_ACCESS_LE (FILE_EXECUTE_LE | FILE_READ_DATA_LE | \
+ FILE_WRITE_DATA_LE | FILE_APPEND_DATA_LE | FILE_DELETE_LE)
+
#define SMB_COM_NEGOTIATE 0x72 /* See MS-CIFS 2.2.2.1 */
/* See MS-CIFS 2.2.3.1 */
--
2.47.3