CVE-2026-98162

MEDIUM

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/server: fix tree connection leak in smb2_tree_connect()

See the procedure below:

smb2_tree_connect
ksmbd_tree_conn_connect
xa_store(&sess->tree_conns, tree_conn->id, tree_conn)
ksmbd_counter_inc(KSMBD_COUNTER_TREE_CONNS)
ksmbd_share_tree_conn_inc(sc)
ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp // fail
status.ret = KSMBD_TREE_CONN_STATUS_NOMEM
// do not disconnect tree_conn

Disconnect the new tree connection if ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp() fails.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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External references

• NIST NVD
• MITRE CVE