CVE-2026-97562

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b01a8c0209690db75341528ec53fd87e0ac1460 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b6561522212af852c9ad8a7dca8d59ef2c7377 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d806d5a85dcbe2a0f181b2f0f9f61ddfbefa1818 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea43a15cea36dc5ddd832be5bddeac7dd804cbcf 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-97562.json.

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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/smb/client/misc.c"
          ],
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          ],
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              "status": "affected",
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: pin DFS superblock in iterator callback\n\ntcon_super_cb() stores a raw superblock pointer, but __cifs_get_super()\ntakes its active reference only after iterate_supers_type() has dropped\ns_umount and its passive reference. Concurrent DFS automount expiry can\ntherefore free the superblock before cifs_sb_active() uses it.\n\nA deterministic KASAN test reproduces the race as:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cifs_sb_active+0x77/0x80\n\nThe same test passes with this change applied.\n\nTake the active reference in the callback while iterate_supers_type()\nstill holds s_umount shared. cifs_put_tcp_super() remains the matching\nrelease."
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
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              "lang": "en",
              "value": "AV:N - The racing side is started by the remote SMB server: dropping the session or replying STATUS_NETWORK_NAME_DELETED makes the client run smb2_reconnect() -> cifs_tree_connect() -> cifs_get_dfs_tcon_super() -> __cifs_get_super(). There, tcon_super_cb() saves a raw superblock pointer that is used after s_umount is released.\nAC:H - The server can force reconnects repeatedly, but the superblock is only freed if a DFS-link automount expires via cifs_expire_automounts() (a 500s periodic timer, idle submount only) inside the small gap between iterate_supers_type() returning and cifs_sb_active(). The attacker does not control that timing.\nPR:N - The attacker is the SMB/DFS server or a network peer that can reset the client's session. Forcing the client's tree reconnect needs no account or privilege on the client.\nUI:R - A victim must have mounted a DFS share with an automounted DFS link from the attacker-reachable server (cifs mounts need real CAP_SYS_ADMIN, not a user namespace), and the link must be idle long enough to expire.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts memory in the same kernel that runs the CIFS client, so no separate security authority is crossed.\nC:H - After the freed super_block and cifs_sb_info are reused, the reconnect path keeps reading them (cifs_sb_active() on freed memory, then CIFS_SB(sb) fields in tree_connect_dfs_target()), so reclaimed slab contents can be read.\nI:H - cifs_sb_active() increments counters in the freed cifs_sb/sb, and cifs_update_super_prepath() frees and replaces cifs_sb->prepath in the freed cifs_sb_info. Both are writes into freed memory that can be turned into heap corruption.\nA:H - The fix commit reports a KASAN slab-use-after-free in cifs_sb_active(); without KASAN the corrupted superblock refcounts and the later cifs_put_tcp_super()/deactivate_super() can crash the kernel."
            }
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T14:41:15.022Z",
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    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-97562",
    "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:21:50.664Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-24T16:01:01.155Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T14:41:15.022Z",
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