{"id":"AZL-106014","summary":"CVE-2026-98261 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: Fix server use-after-free in cifs_chan_skip_or_disable()\n\nWhen a secondary channel is no longer supported by the server,\ncifs_chan_skip_or_disable() drops the channel reference with\ncifs_put_tcp_session() and then continues to use the server pointer by\ncalling cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect() on it and reading its\nprimary_server pointer. cifs_put_tcp_session() can drop the last\nreference of the channel and tear it down, so both the channel and the\nprimary server (whose reference is also dropped by\ncifs_put_tcp_session()) can be freed before they are signaled for\nreconnect.\n\nSignal the channel and the primary server and capture the primary\nserver pointer before dropping the channel reference with\ncifs_put_tcp_session().","modified":"2026-10-07T14:16:54.398155580Z","published":"2026-10-06T09:18:15Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98261"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98261"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-106014.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}