CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-98261

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's CIFS filesystem, the cifs_chan_skip_or_disable() function uses a server pointer after dropping the channel reference, leading to use-after-free. The fix signals the channel and primary server and captures the primary server pointer before dropping the channel reference.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential system crash or undefined behavior due to accessing freed memory, which could be exploited for privilege escalation or system destabilization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that prevents use-after-free in cifs_chan_skip_or_disable().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix server use-after-free in cifs_chan_skip_or_disable() When a secondary channel is no longer supported by the server, cifs_chan_skip_or_disable() drops the channel reference with cifs_put_tcp_session() and then continues to use the server pointer by calling cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect() on it and reading its primary_server pointer. cifs_put_tcp_session() can drop the last reference of the channel and tear it down, so both the channel and the primary server (whose reference is also dropped by cifs_put_tcp_session()) can be freed before they are signaled for reconnect. Signal the channel and the primary server and capture the primary server pointer before dropping the channel reference with cifs_put_tcp_session().

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