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Using Samba's rpcclient tool:\n\n $ rpcclient //192.168.1.254 -U user%password\n $ rpcclient $> srvinfo\n <connection hung here>\n\nKernel side:\n \"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\n task:kworker/0:0 state:D stack:0 pid:5021 tgid:5021 ppid:2 flags:0x00200000\n Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work\n Call trace:\n __schedule from schedule+0x3c/0x58\n schedule from schedule_preempt_disabled+0xc/0x10\n schedule_preempt_disabled from rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x1b0/0x1d8\n rwsem_down_read_slowpath from down_read+0x28/0x30\n down_read from ksmbd_session_rpc_method+0x18/0x3c\n ksmbd_session_rpc_method from ksmbd_rpc_open+0x34/0x68\n ksmbd_rpc_open from ksmbd_session_rpc_open+0x194/0x228\n ksmbd_session_rpc_open from create_smb2_pipe+0x8c/0x2c8\n create_smb2_pipe from smb2_open+0x10c/0x27ac\n smb2_open from handle_ksmbd_work+0x238/0x3dc\n handle_ksmbd_work from process_scheduled_works+0x160/0x25c\n process_scheduled_works from worker_thread+0x16c/0x1e8\n worker_thread from kthread+0xa8/0xb8\n kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x38\n Exception stack(0x8529ffb0 to 0x8529fff8)\n\nThe task deadlocks because the lock is already held:\n ksmbd_session_rpc_open\n down_write(&sess->rpc_lock)\n ksmbd_rpc_open\n ksmbd_session_rpc_method\n down_read(&sess->rpc_lock) <-- deadlock\n\nAdjust ksmbd_session_rpc_method() callers to take the lock when necessary."}], "id": "CVE-2025-40090", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:14.850", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-10-30T10:15:33.537", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1891abe832cbf5a11039e088766131d0f1642d02"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3412fbd81b46b9cfae013817b61d4bbd27e09e36"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4602b8cee1481dbb896182e5cb1e8cf12910e9e7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493571f4351f74e11db9943e98a07c56467cf7e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f170814fea74911ceab798a43cbd7c5599bed4"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-674"}], "source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary"}]}

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