kernel: fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS Common Internet File System client. When the cifssanitizeprepath function processes specially crafted input, such as an empty string or a string containing only delimiters, it can attempt to read data beyond its allocated memory buffer. This out-of-boun...

CVE-2026-64137

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System CIFS client. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged local user to send witness notifications or join a specific multicast group without proper administrative privileges. Exploiting this flaw could lead to information disclosure...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64137

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - smb: client: require net admin for CIFS SWN netlink CIFSGENLCMDSWNNOTIFY is the userspace witness- notify command. The intended sender is the cifs.witness helpe...

SUSE-SU-2026:2955-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 71 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5)

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.269 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2026-31685: netfilter: ip6teui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets bsc1263670. - CVE-2026-43025: netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on...

RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:36365)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:36365 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements...

Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifssanitizeprepath CVE-2026-43112 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other...

kernel: fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS Common Internet File System client. When the cifssanitizeprepath function processes specially crafted input, such as an empty string or a string containing only delimiters, it can attempt to read data beyond its allocated memory buffer. This out-of-boun...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

CVE-2026-46243

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, and Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fixed the warning in cifssmb3domount This fixes the following warning reported by the kernel test robot: fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:982 cifssmb3domount warning: possible memory leak of ‘cifssb’...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-007436)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-007436 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifssbtlink Fix three refcount inconsistency issues related to...

CVE-2026-31392 smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option Customer reported that some of their krb5 mounts were failing against a single server as the client was trying to mount the shares with wrong credentials. It turned out the client...

openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1)

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2025-39753:...

CVE-2026-23205

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: fix memory leak in smb2openfile Reproducer: 1. server: directories are exported read-only 2. client: mount -t cifs //$serverip/export /mnt 3. client: dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/file bs=512 count=1000 oflag=direct 4...

Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-005195)

"The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005195 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix use-after-free of network namespace. Recently, we got a customer report that CI...

Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifsfilldirent CVE-2025-38051 kernel: smb: client: let recvdone verify dataoffset, datalength and remainingdatalength CVE-2025-39933 kernel: drm/i915:...