# smb: client: fix reparse buffer bounds in cifs_query_reparse_point()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98168`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98168`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Oct 2026, 08:44 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: `848d78e3625f15de09d34a562dc49a98b78a62f3 to before aa00eead258e4fe8158a3a3e2d65facf06274abd` (git)
  - affected: `48ca7139ab7f0bbed95ff7a901ea497017769657 to before 3d67f155fe5813cfb02a551a9a12d6ea06a902e9` (git)
  - affected: `56e84c64fc257a95728ee73165456b025c48d408 to before d1152c96a3002e3df6b9a5b007cecaa7b19b4f79` (git)
  - affected: `56e84c64fc257a95728ee73165456b025c48d408 to before 8dc5db3a0e583ea8d31d0613cefd99e93e095c3c` (git)
  - affected: `56e84c64fc257a95728ee73165456b025c48d408 to before 5f0306e731e2f46e91419eae57eee3a241c055e0` (git)
  - affected: `c13b779d26b3702fba8f7d5fe757aba5bda85fd0` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.94 to before 6.6.160` (semver)
  - affected: `6.12.34 to before 6.12.112` (semver)
  - affected: `6.15.3 to before 6.16` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.16`
  - unaffected: `before 6.16` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.54 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.8 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 10th percentile, on 11 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 6 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98168](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98168)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98168](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98168)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa00eead258e4fe8158a3a3e2d65facf06274abd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d67f155fe5813cfb02a551a9a12d6ea06a902e9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1152c96a3002e3df6b9a5b007cecaa7b19b4f79>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dc5db3a0e583ea8d31d0613cefd99e93e095c3c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f0306e731e2f46e91419eae57eee3a241c055e0>

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