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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98162"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T13:06:51.778Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:54:46.112Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98162"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98162.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98162"
title: "smb/server: fix tree connection leak in smb2_tree_connect()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb/server: fix tree connection leak in smb2_tree_connect()\n\nSee the procedure below:\n\n  smb2_tree_connect\n    ksmbd_tree_conn_connect\n      xa_store(&sess-\u003etree_conns, tree_conn-\u003eid, tree_conn)\n      ksmbd_counter_inc(KSMBD_COUNTER_TREE_CONNS)\n      ksmbd_share_tree_conn_inc(sc)\n    ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp // fail\n    status.ret = KSMBD_TREE_CONN_STATUS_NOMEM\n    // do not disconnect tree_conn\n\nDisconnect the new tree connection if ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp() fails."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fa0c45986fc60b3edfb35879f2fb0eacc0e49e98"},{"version":"e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fea9c705bbc618ba6426424c9f8330555820c9ec"},{"version":"e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a6c88e5e3a75f1e4a98ad4bc4037465ccd7925bc"},{"version":"e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"39f2032096715daae5f6fd0f587ca7a474b019df"},{"version":"f2283680a80571ca82d710bc6ecd8f8beac67d63","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9f297df20d93411c0b4ddad7f88ba04a7cd36e77","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.145","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"},{"version":"6.1.71","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.2"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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