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CVE-2026-45972
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-27T14:17:14.173 · Last modified 2026-06-30T03:20:07.050

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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