smb/server: fix null-ptr-deref in ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix null-ptr-deref in ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request() See the procedure below: ksmbd_tree_conn_connect ksmbd_share_config_get share->name = kstrdup() // fail if (!test_share_config_flag(share, KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_PIPE)) // false // do not check `share->name` ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request strlen(share->name) // null-ptr-deref
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90166
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72gq-5j57-9667
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@5ffd180307a5ea34dae7f90ff9573ebed6b7fb12, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d601be98c9445894c759c28d4a7a52151387f1fb · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d601be98c9445894c759c28d4a7a52151387f1fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ffd180307a5ea34dae7f90ff9573ebed6b7fb12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb74a34ea401abfbbd5991076715dae3de938df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8461f27902727ad434375caf13a0100aafc0340f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7065d3648b1a48d2c49da3d6364dd3c4d503b10c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ccf905f47d2344270749f4dfa905afcd3edeb0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90166 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90166 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-72gq-5j57-9667 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90166 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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