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FKIE_CVE-2026-45972

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-27 14:17 - Updated: 2026-05-27 14:48

Severity

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file() Zero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to prevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double free.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d339b219004869e96c4ce56b8891f83a38da4c0
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639deb962986ef2f5e2a6d5a600c66f922471e81
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7425453ea16dbc3bbb0f6cac4d60b537e5e4d151
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96e53bb3ee2f354cf6b4ab07bcc56e500f8b3f74
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66dcf7bb9c4df5582c82bc3582725abcbfbea73
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebbbc4bfad4cb355d17c671223d0814ee3ef4eda

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file()\n\nZero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to\nprevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double free."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-45972",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-27T14:48:03.013",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-05-27T14:17:14.173",
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CVE-2026-45972 (GCVE-0-2026-45972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:18 – Updated: 2026-05-27 12:18

Title

smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file()

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96e53bb3ee2f354cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7425453ea16dbc3bb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d339b219004869e9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66dcf7bb9c4df558…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639deb962986ef2f5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebbbc4bfad4cb355d…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 743f70406264348c0830f38409eb6c40a42fb2db , < 96e53bb3ee2f354cf6b4ab07bcc56e500f8b3f74 (git) Affected: 3a6d6b332f92990958602c1e35ce0173e2dd62e9 , < 7425453ea16dbc3bbb0f6cac4d60b537e5e4d151 (git) Affected: b64e3b5d8d759dd4333992e4ba4dadf9359952c8 , < 4d339b219004869e96c4ce56b8891f83a38da4c0 (git) Affected: 9ee608a64e37cea5b4b13e436c559dd0fb2ad1b5 , < e66dcf7bb9c4df5582c82bc3582725abcbfbea73 (git) Affected: e3a43633023e3cacaca60d4b8972d084a2b06236 , < 639deb962986ef2f5e2a6d5a600c66f922471e81 (git) Affected: e3a43633023e3cacaca60d4b8972d084a2b06236 , < ebbbc4bfad4cb355d17c671223d0814ee3ef4eda (git) Affected: 6.1.163 , < 6.1.165 (semver) Affected: 6.6.124 , < 6.6.128 (semver) Affected: 6.12.70 , < 6.12.75 (semver) Affected: 6.18.10 , < 6.18.14 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.165 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.128 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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FKIE_CVE-2026-45972

CVE-2026-45972 (GCVE-0-2026-45972)

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