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Critical 9.8Published Apr 24, 2026

CVE-2026-31609smb: client: avoid double-free in smbd_free_send_io() after smbd_send_batch_flush()

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: avoid double-free in smbd_free_send_io() after smbd_send_batch_flush() smbd_send_batch_flush() already calls smbd_free_send_io(), so we should not call it again after smbd_post_send() moved it to the batch list.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from cca0526ef2344cab6944d7f441fc24e152da031b before a9940dcbe5cb92482c04efc7341039ddf7dbf607; 37b5c06956183b65e6808b509cf637632016cdf7 builds before 22b7c1c619d808aec4cad3dc42103345e370d107; from 21538121efe6c8c5b51c742fa02cbe820bc48714 before f9a162c2bbcd0ac85bd07c5b37cf20286048b65c; 21538121efe6c8c5b51c742fa02cbe820bc48714 builds before 27b7c3e916218b5eb2ee350211140e961bfc49be; from 6.18.11 before 6.18.24; from 6.19.1 before 6.19.14
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
before 6.18.24; from 6.19 before 6.19.14; from 7.0 before 7.0.1
NVD

References

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