# smb: client: clean up failed cached directory opens

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98452`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98452`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:15 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: `b0f6df737a1c5d9d5ff90cc946205d8af46cc067 to before 48958ddda3d7eee3600261e2d90671f63e055dc4` (git)
  - affected: `b0f6df737a1c5d9d5ff90cc946205d8af46cc067 to before abab661eed00fa102d3c35ddf1cce4f687e718c1` (git)
  - affected: `b0f6df737a1c5d9d5ff90cc946205d8af46cc067 to before 7c1509598a4fdfb54cb09ce33e4405bd6dbd8295` (git)
  - affected: `b0f6df737a1c5d9d5ff90cc946205d8af46cc067 to before d2ff5fb93ea83034025850266b5eed391f96b825` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.1`
  - unaffected: `before 5.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98452](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98452)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98452](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98452)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48958ddda3d7eee3600261e2d90671f63e055dc4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abab661eed00fa102d3c35ddf1cce4f687e718c1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1509598a4fdfb54cb09ce33e4405bd6dbd8295>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ff5fb93ea83034025850266b5eed391f96b825>

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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