{"id":"CVE-2026-43378","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-43378","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:13:29.469Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open() The opinfo pointer obtained via rcu_dereference(fp->f_opinfo) is dereferenced after rcu_read_unlock(), creating a use-after-free window.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open()\n\nThe opinfo pointer obtained via rcu_dereference(fp->f_opinfo) is\ndereferenced after rcu_read_unlock(), creating a use-after-free\nwindow.","published":"2026-05-08T15:16:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:49:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00308,"percentile":0.23512,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/190e5f808e8058640b408ccfed25440b441a718a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e689a56173827669a35da7cb2a3c78ed5c53680","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b48ae83de8bb06e65079d96368efe359d4909c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5b1a7cb009a93c48e9e334a2f59a660f9afc07","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b720c84087cb547f23ce03eab93568c1769e4556","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b21e6066615e7d3d3a7aa2677e415e563fd7cc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43378","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}