CVE WATCH / VULNERABILITY DETAIL
CVE-2026-98451
UNKNOWNCVSS 0NVD feed
Published 18 October 2026 · tracked since 18 October 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: use finish_no_open() for non-regular inodes An O_CREAT open can find an existing symlink or another non-regular inode. cifs_atomic_open() calls finish_open() on it and attaches a cifsFileInfo. Symlink inodes have no C
References
- NVD — National Vulnerability Database
- CVE.org record (MITRE)
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog