CVE-2026-98451

Published: Ott 18, 2026 Last Modified: Ott 19, 2026
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Description

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: use finish_no_open() for non-regular inodes

An O_CREAT open can find an existing symlink or another non-regular
inode. cifs_atomic_open() calls finish_open() on it and attaches a
cifsFileInfo. Symlink inodes have no CIFS release operation, so the
dentry reference held by cifsFileInfo is leaked. FMODE_OPENED also
prevents the VFS from following the symlink.

Track whether cifs_do_create() returned an open server handle. For
non-regular inodes, close the handle if present, remove the pending
open, and call finish_no_open() so the VFS can continue the lookup.
Do not set FMODE_CREATED unless a regular file was opened. For
O_NOFOLLOW with __O_REGULAR, return -ELOOP before the VFS's
-EFTYPE check.

Defer closing a legacy POSIX handle on a non-regular inode until
after inode lookup. This avoids closing it again if lookup fails.

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Trend Analysis

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Prevede la probabilità di sfruttamento basata su intelligence sulle minacce e sulle caratteristiche della vulnerabilità.

EPSS Score
0,0017
Percentile
0,1th
Updated

EPSS Score Trend (Last 2 Days)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c07deb26273155c180aedfd9041ab58015d2521
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a7918fda54a06d836acc91eb9a3c7e860fe0a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66cf1625ec4a3fe68346119f371def713fd0a4d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed03d547598c92a036f20e89156540995cac889a