File data corruption via stale SMB3 cache
Published Apr 28, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Data corruption in Linux kernel 5.13 through 5.19.11 allows local users to corrupt file data through SMB3 collapse-range operations. The smb3_collapse_range path fails to lock, flush, and discard the affected page-cache region before moving and truncating remote file data. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access to invoke collapse range on a mounted SMB3 file; the documented consequence is temporary file-data corruption.
Summary
What happened
Data corruption in Linux kernel 5.13 through 5.19.11 allows local users to corrupt file data through SMB3 collapse-range operations. The smb3_collapse_range path fails to lock, flush, and discard the affected page-cache region before moving and truncating remote file data. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access to invoke collapse range on a mounted SMB3 file; the documented consequence is temporary file-data corruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48668
- Published
- Apr 28, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1565.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.13
- Affected versionversion=5476b5dd82c8bb9d0dd426f96575ae656cede140 <49523a4732204bdacbf3941a016503ddb4ddb3b9
- Affected versionversion=5476b5dd82c8bb9d0dd426f96575ae656cede140 <fa30a81f255a56cccd89552cd6ce7ea6e8d8acc4
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