# smb/server: fix invalid pointer dereference in ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90165`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90165`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7f0cb478703cbeaddfe5c9101c5c73cd975d1073 to before 3f8651f6bb52159c9e23993c77a2b51b9505ad64` (git)
  - affected: `d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b to before af9cb997d13a17029a0d3863e33f4c837e27a8ae` (git)
  - affected: `d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b to before b2d78c199dfd983638662ace0612d4fade3dbea1` (git)
  - affected: `d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b to before a2eb72b4d53bb9d8d6c00f3f794eaccb4b1ce5ed` (git)
  - affected: `d484d621d40f4a8b8959008802d79bef3609641b to before bef46b604732d83f8da29f782868de4d25bf972c` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.142 to before 6.6.157` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.11`
  - unaffected: `before 6.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90165](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90165)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90165](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90165)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8651f6bb52159c9e23993c77a2b51b9505ad64>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9cb997d13a17029a0d3863e33f4c837e27a8ae>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d78c199dfd983638662ace0612d4fade3dbea1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2eb72b4d53bb9d8d6c00f3f794eaccb4b1ce5ed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef46b604732d83f8da29f782868de4d25bf972c>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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