# smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98169`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98169`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 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: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 67ef1d6da00f4f39eb5fcebe7a44fe494b645059` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 5edf5b398d49b881c0df79d6e4f6df251236c533` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 15a221c734b9d044ab769e7e3606b2cab96fb65a` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 74995ee8305a7c4d76ee70d6acd996a75eda3c03` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 210f0f1f67817e7d2348b86b5115a9b85ef5c98b` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 1cdf0d304d820fb13bf0faf532c3459600f9ea43` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before dbe452a905dfe2804647530a9ff3d7e3826ed04d` (git)
  - affected: `e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 4775c3b7a597907e0b97556c7986fda238a377ae` (git)
  - affected: `a94703ff8e3647f8a9a3a92a468450299a7b77e9` (git)
  - affected: `82a856f527334ffd69aae26e7dd9e03b19c4a520` (git)
  - affected: `25b981bfe192fd208ba04c81f4aa30ffb5141660` (git)
  - affected: `4.9.125 to before 4.10` (semver)
  - and 2 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.19`
  - unaffected: `before 4.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 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

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0045, the 39th 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-2026-98169](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98169)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98169](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98169)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67ef1d6da00f4f39eb5fcebe7a44fe494b645059>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5edf5b398d49b881c0df79d6e4f6df251236c533>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a221c734b9d044ab769e7e3606b2cab96fb65a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74995ee8305a7c4d76ee70d6acd996a75eda3c03>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/210f0f1f67817e7d2348b86b5115a9b85ef5c98b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cdf0d304d820fb13bf0faf532c3459600f9ea43>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbe452a905dfe2804647530a9ff3d7e3826ed04d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4775c3b7a597907e0b97556c7986fda238a377ae>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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