CVE-2026-98439 PUBLISHED

smb/server: cancel async requests when closing connection

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/server: cancel async requests when closing connection

An async request may still be waiting when a connection is closed. This can stop the connection from closing.

Cancel active async requests before waiting for them to finish.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 0947087678f465b64eba2acebe808d5c6cfea036 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 4fd5bad647bfa45eb86bfd2f03ba1bef3fcd5851 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 7.2.7 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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