--- /dev/null
+From 3da1fdf4efbc490041eb4f836bf596201203f8f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada <manizada@pm.me>
+Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 21:15:39 +0000
+Subject: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions
+
+From: Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada <manizada@pm.me>
+
+commit 3da1fdf4efbc490041eb4f836bf596201203f8f2 upstream.
+
+cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as
+pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as
+kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of
+this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to
+be supplied without CIFS origin.
+
+Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private
+spnego_cred to request the key.
+
+Fixes: f1d662a7d5e5 ("[CIFS] Add upcall files for cifs to use spnego/kerberos")
+Assisted-by: avom-custom-harness:gpt-5.5-qwen3.6-mod-mix
+Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada <manizada@pm.me>
+Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c
++++ b/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ */
+
+ #include <linux/list.h>
++#include <linux/cred.h>
+ #include <linux/slab.h>
+ #include <linux/string.h>
+ #include <keys/user-type.h>
+@@ -40,12 +41,27 @@ cifs_spnego_key_destroy(struct key *key)
+ kfree(key->payload.data[0]);
+ }
+
++static int
++cifs_spnego_key_vet_description(const char *description)
++{
++ /*
++ * cifs.spnego descriptions are authority-bearing inputs to cifs.upcall.
++ * They are only valid when produced by CIFS while using the private
++ * spnego_cred installed below. Do not let userspace create this type
++ * of key through request_key(2)/add_key(2), since the helper treats
++ * pid/uid/creduid/upcall_target as kernel-originating fields.
++ */
++ if (current_cred() != spnego_cred)
++ return -EPERM;
++ return 0;
++}
+
+ /*
+ * keytype for CIFS spnego keys
+ */
+ struct key_type cifs_spnego_key_type = {
+ .name = "cifs.spnego",
++ .vet_description = cifs_spnego_key_vet_description,
+ .instantiate = cifs_spnego_key_instantiate,
+ .destroy = cifs_spnego_key_destroy,
+ .describe = user_describe,