published September 17, 2026
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