Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-90165
CVE-2026-90165
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/server: fix invalid pointer dereference in ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger()
See the procedure below:
ksmbd_launch_ksmbd_durable_scavenger durable_scavenger_running = true server_conf.dh_task = kthread_run() // fail, dh_task is an ERR_PTR()
server_ctrl_handle_reset ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger kthread_stop(server_conf.dh_task) // invalid pointer
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8651f6bb52159c9e23993c77a2b51b9505ad64nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2eb72b4d53bb9d8d6c00f3f794eaccb4b1ce5ednvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9cb997d13a17029a0d3863e33f4c837e27a8aenvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d78c199dfd983638662ace0612d4fade3dbea1nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef46b604732d83f8da29f782868de4d25bf972cnvd
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