Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The ksmbd SMB server in the Linux kernel is affected from version 6.6 until fixed. A pipe read in compound responses can expose up to seven bytes of uninitialized kernel heap memory. The source gives few details on the access an attacker needs. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110 or 6.18.51 or later, depending on your branch.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0022, the 11th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7516bdf7d2c1a64b14a9f444e2ee58c12c384ae
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/134d980491b435e5cdb3171225e2506ff17867d1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f188a400dd5285fec5a84548fe8dca49eee01155
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d83a9de7cecd401c3d3e00ed6371194dcd7313e4
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/be15b8da4a82cf1e1f9880b2661b90770606eec1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f860489e3be2245598d1819226304fc5b87291