# ksmbd: don't hold ci->m_lock while waiting for a lease break ack

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98897`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98897`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 11:54 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: `d1c189c6cb8b0fb7b5ee549237d27889c40c2f8b to before 868c9038ffd4af39766d087f68c8f543a3f66635` (git)
  - affected: `d1c189c6cb8b0fb7b5ee549237d27889c40c2f8b to before 27a9bc968d4ae809a3f5ca2f2b136856ee613cb4` (git)
  - affected: `16ece7c5645a68efca22a0a69a7718c8e50c3232` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.35 to before 6.7` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.9`
  - unaffected: `before 6.9` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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:** 0.0019, the 8th 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98897](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98897)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98897](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98897)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868c9038ffd4af39766d087f68c8f543a3f66635>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27a9bc968d4ae809a3f5ca2f2b136856ee613cb4>

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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