CVE-2026-23303 (GCVE-0-2026-23303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 10:26 – Updated: 2026-03-25 10:26
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Title
smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds When debug logging is enabled, cifs_set_cifscreds() logs the key payload and exposes the plaintext username and password. Remove the debug log to avoid exposing credentials.
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Linux Linux Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < ff0ece8ed04180c52167c003362284b23cf54e8d (git)
Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 3990f352bb0adc8688d0949a9c13e3110570eb61 (git)
Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < b746a357abfb8fdb0a171d51ec5091e786d34be1 (git)
Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 2ef0fc3bf49db2b9df36d5f44508c9e384bfa2a1 (git)
Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 3e182701db612ddd794ccd5ed822e6cc1db2b972 (git)
Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 2f37dc436d4e61ff7ae0b0353cf91b8c10396e4d (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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