CVE-2026-98452

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: clean up failed cached directory opens open_cached_dir() sends CREATE and QUERY_INFO as a compound request. If the CREATE succeeds but a later command returns an error, the function must retain the CREATE FID so common cleanup can issue SMB2_close(). It also must not treat a response error as a valid CREATE. Validate the CREATE response before using its fields, record the FIDs, and mark the handle open before handling errors from later compound commands. Move the -EREMCHG reconnect handling before response validation so a missing response does not hide the reconnect request. Count the handle when it is marked open; confirmed close responses decrement the counter, while existing close retry behavior remains best effort on transport failures.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:16:55.537000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:54.437000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-98452",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:16:55.537",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:54.437",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: clean up failed cached directory opens\n\nopen_cached_dir() sends CREATE and QUERY_INFO as a compound request. If\nthe CREATE succeeds but a later command returns an error, the function\nmust retain the CREATE FID so common cleanup can issue SMB2_close(). It\nalso must not treat a response error as a valid CREATE.\n\nValidate the CREATE response before using its fields, record the FIDs, and\nmark the handle open before handling errors from later compound commands.\nMove the -EREMCHG reconnect handling before response validation so a\nmissing response does not hide the reconnect request. Count the handle\nwhen it is marked open; confirmed close responses decrement the counter,\nwhile existing close retry behavior remains best effort on transport\nfailures."
    }
  ],
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