CVE-2026-98453 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: close handle after create-context parsing failure SMB2_open() accounts a successful CREATE response as a remote open before parsing its create contexts. If smb2_parse_contexts() rejects malformed context data, SMB2_open() returns without closing the handle, leaving the server-side handle open and num_remote_opens elevated. Close the handle after a post-CREATE context parsing failure so the error path releases the remote resource and balances the open count.
- Products
- kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98453
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 17:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2026-98453 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Oct 2026, 16:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: close handle after create-context parsing failure SMB2_open() accounts a successful CREATE response as a remote open before parsing its create contexts. If smb2_parse_contexts() rejects malformed context data, SMB2_open() returns without closing the handle, leaving the server-side handle open and num_remote_opens elevated. Close the handle after a post-CREATE context parsing failure so the error path releases the remote resource and balances the open count.
osv:AZL-108876
kernel
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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