CVE-2026-45972

Name	CVE-2026-45972
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file() Zero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to prevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double free.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bookworm	6.1.176-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.180-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.94-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.107-1	fixed
	forky	7.1.12-1	fixed
	sid	7.1.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.170-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.85-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.18.14-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/ebbbc4bfad4cb355d17c671223d0814ee3ef4eda (7.0-rc1)