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CVE-2026-98453

smb: client: close handle after create-context parsing failure PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: close handle after create-context parsing failure SMB2_open() accounts a successful CREATE response as a remote open before parsing its create contexts. If smb2_parse_contexts() rejects malformed context data, SMB2_open() returns without closing the handle, leaving the server-side handle open and num_remote_opens elevated. Close the handle after a post-CREATE context parsing failure so the error path releases the remote resource and balances the open count.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 17a0f64cc02d4972e21c733d9f21d1c512963afa before eaa97a196a107d4ef8775df2248181624151812e; affected af1689a9b7701d9907dfc84d2a4b57c4bc907144 before 80c67cc71d32ccafc89a29b669243b40d81b930f; affected af1689a9b7701d9907dfc84d2a4b57c4bc907144 before f09875ff901e933e7b22c913daf51d21e9d93a45; affected af1689a9b7701d9907dfc84d2a4b57c4bc907144 before cdb36b09fb1f86d638d0afb44d621ed3f7c1d8eb; affected af1689a9b7701d9907dfc84d2a4b57c4bc907144 before 566820af017e81497fb5e9d3ad6e7ffe2828bc8b; affected 6726429c18c62dbf5e96ebbd522f262e016553fb; affected 13fb0fc4917621f3dfa285a27eaf7151d770b5e5; affected 890bc4fac3c0973a49cac35f634579bebba7fe48; affected 1ae3c59355dc9882e09c020afe8ffbd895ad0f29; affected 6.6.8 before 6.6.160; affected 5.4.277 before 5.5; affected 5.10.211 before 5.11; affected 5.15.150 before 5.16; affected 6.1.79 before 6.2
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.7; unaffected 0 before 6.7; unaffected 6.6.160 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.113 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.56 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.9 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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