UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53271

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix NULL-deref of opinfo-conn in oplock/lease break notifiers smb2oplockbreaknoti and smb2leasebreaknoti read opinfo-conn into a local with neither READONCE nor a NULL check. Both run from oplockbreak after opinfogetlist h...

CVE-2026-53271

CVE-2026-53271 affects the Linux kernel ksmbd component. The vulnerability is a NULL-deref in oplock/lease break notifiers: smb2_oplock_break_noti() and smb2_lease_break_noti() read opinfo->conn into a local buffer without READ_ONCE and without a NULL check. After opinfo_get_list() drops ci-&g...