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.
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.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | smb: client: close handle after create-context parsing failure | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:15:03.262Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.350Z
Link: CVE-2026-98453
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:16:55.647
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:16:55.647
Link: CVE-2026-98453
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