CVE-2026-40553 Stack-based buffer overflow in gawk

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk ftype routine. This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below...

kernel: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent

A use-after-free flaw was found in cifsfilldirent in fs/cifs/readdir.c in smb client in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow an attacker to crash the system due to race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem...