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CVE-2026-98162

MEDIUM 5.5

Published 2026-09-25 · Last modified 2026-10-21

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix tree connection leak in smb2_tree_connect() See the procedure below: smb2_tree_connect ksmbd_tree_conn_connect xa_store(&sess->tree_conns, tree_conn->id, tree_conn) ksmbd_counter_inc(KSMBD_COUNTER_TREE_CONNS) ksmbd_share_tree_conn_inc(sc) ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp // fail status.ret = KSMBD_TREE_CONN_STATUS_NOMEM // do not disconnect tree_conn Disconnect the new tree connection if ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp() fails.

NO EXPLOITATION SIGNALS

No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.

Exploitation likelihood

0.1%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 1st percentile

○ In CISA KEV ○ Catalogued PoC

Impact if exploited

5.5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM

  • ConfidentialityNone
  • IntegrityNone
  • AvailabilityHigh

What an attacker needs

  • ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
  • ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
  • ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

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Data snapshot:

Affected

Vendors Linux

Products Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness (CWE)

  • CWE-401: Memory leak

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Vendor product assessments

Showing 32 of 276 vendor product statements; 244 omitted. Read the full vendor advisory.

  • kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-doc

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-uki-virt-addons as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-uki-virt-addons

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • libperf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/libperf

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • python-perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/python-perf

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-doc

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel?arch=src

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-ipaclones-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-ipaclones-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-kvm

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-selftests-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-selftests-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-zfcpdump-modules as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-modules

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-64k-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-debug-modules-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-abi-stablelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-abi-stablelists

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-ipaclones-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-ipaclones-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-partner

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-modules-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-modules-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-uki-virt-addons as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-uki-virt-addons

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00
  • openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:oci/ose-rhel-coreos-9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-98162 · Updated 2026-10-02T23:23:23+00:00

Known Affected Software Configurations

VendorProductVersion range
LinuxLinux Kernel≥ 5.15.145 and < 5.16
LinuxLinux Kernel≥ 6.1.71 and < 6.2
LinuxLinux Kernel≥ 6.6 and < 7.2.6

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