CVE-2026-45972
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Publication date: 2026-05-27

Last updated on: 2026-05-27

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file() Zero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to prevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double free.
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Published
2026-05-27
Last Modified
2026-05-27
Generated
2026-05-27
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linux linux_kernel *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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