CVE-2026-90166smb/server: fix null-ptr-deref in ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix null-ptr-deref in ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request() See the procedure below: ksmbd_tree_conn_connect ksmbd_share_config_get share->name = kstrdup() // fail if (!test_share_config_flag(share, KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_PIPE)) // false // do not check `share->name` ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request strlen(share->name) // null-ptr-deref
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- Weakness (CWE)
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- 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
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 4eb74a34ea401abfbbd5991076715dae3de938df; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 8461f27902727ad434375caf13a0100aafc0340f; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 7065d3648b1a48d2c49da3d6364dd3c4d503b10c; from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before d2ccf905f47d2344270749f4dfa905afcd3edeb0 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb74a34ea401abfbbd5991076715dae3de938df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8461f27902727ad434375caf13a0100aafc0340f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7065d3648b1a48d2c49da3d6364dd3c4d503b10c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ccf905f47d2344270749f4dfa905afcd3edeb0
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