Critical 9.8Published Jul 25, 2026

CVE-2026-64384smb: client: fix change notify replay double-free

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix change notify replay double-free A response-bearing attempt can return a replayable error and free its response buffer. If SMB2_notify_init() fails before the next send, cleanup retains the previous buffer type and frees that response again. Reset response bookkeeping before each attempt to prevent the stale free.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-415
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	433042a91f9373241307725b52de573933ffedbf builds before 5821f9dbb8b5b24391850a13418e633edd0fb003; from 4f1fffa2376922f3d1d506e49c0fd445b023a28e before d684f4134998085702009b94c35c2003fc9e72d3; from 4f1fffa2376922f3d1d506e49c0fd445b023a28e before 52af1975f0dfae990c5a0e85872cc41be0e88a68; from 4f1fffa2376922f3d1d506e49c0fd445b023a28e before 901891513951bc8322ece754863909ea45af95c6; from 4f1fffa2376922f3d1d506e49c0fd445b023a28e before 145f820dcbb2cced374f2532f8a61a44dce4a615; from 6.6.32 before 6.6.145	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.6.32 before 6.6.145; from 6.8.1 before 6.12.96; from 6.13 before 6.18.39; from 6.19 before 7.1.4; 6.8; 6.8; 6.8; 6.8; and 3 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5821f9dbb8b5b24391850a13418e633edd0fb003	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d684f4134998085702009b94c35c2003fc9e72d3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52af1975f0dfae990c5a0e85872cc41be0e88a68	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/901891513951bc8322ece754863909ea45af95c6	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/145f820dcbb2cced374f2532f8a61a44dce4a615	patch

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