CVE-2026-45972 (GCVE-0-2026-45972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-27 12:18
Modified
2026-08-05 12:28
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file() Zero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to prevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double free.
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 743f70406264348c0830f38409eb6c40a42fb2db
Version: 3a6d6b332f92990958602c1e35ce0173e2dd62e9
Version: b64e3b5d8d759dd4333992e4ba4dadf9359952c8
Version: 9ee608a64e37cea5b4b13e436c559dd0fb2ad1b5
Version: e3a43633023e3cacaca60d4b8972d084a2b06236
Version: e3a43633023e3cacaca60d4b8972d084a2b06236
Version: 6.1.163   ≤
Version: 6.6.124   ≤
Version: 6.12.70   ≤
Version: 6.18.10   ≤
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