CVE-2026-90165smb/server: fix invalid pointer dereference in ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 7f0cb478703cbeaddfe5c9101c5c73cd975d1073 – < 3f8651f6bb52159c9e23993c77a2b51b9505ad64
- affected d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b – < af9cb997d13a17029a0d3863e33f4c837e27a8ae
- affected d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b – < b2d78c199dfd983638662ace0612d4fade3dbea1
- affected d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b – < a2eb72b4d53bb9d8d6c00f3f794eaccb4b1ce5ed
- affected d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b – < bef46b604732d83f8da29f782868de4d25bf972c
- affected 6.6.142 – < 6.6.157
- affected 6.11
- unaffected < 6.11
- unaffected 6.6.157 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.110 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.52 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.6 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8651f6bb52159c9e23993c77a2b51b9505ad64 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9cb997d13a17029a0d3863e33f4c837e27a8ae (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d78c199dfd983638662ace0612d4fade3dbea1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2eb72b4d53bb9d8d6c00f3f794eaccb4b1ce5ed (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef46b604732d83f8da29f782868de4d25bf972c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-81758 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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