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CVE-2026-98451
HIGH · CVSS 8.8 · Received
Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-24 · Source: NVD
Stored catalog record
Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:23:18.163601+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.
Vulnerability overview
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.
Patch review priority
Assess exposure and vendor guidance
- No higher-priority signal is available in the current stored evidence.
FIRST EPSS: 0.35% · percentile 28.9 · score date 2026-10-27.
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Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 8.8 · HIGH
- CVSS version
- 3.1
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Not supplied
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Known exploitation and remediation
Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
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Affected products and versions
NVD has not supplied affected-version configurations for this record. Check the vendor references below.
Advisories and references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/045532f920d86dd76600b635f9756e5fd671ddfc
- 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