{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98261 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98261 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98261 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98261 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98261 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98261/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98261","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98261/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98261","record":{"aliases":["AZL-106014","BELL-CVE-2026-98261","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98261","GHSA-mfc9-mfpp-wwcf","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98261"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel CIFS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel CIFS module allows attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via secondary channel handling.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"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().","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"cifs: Fix server use-after-free in cifs_chan_skip_or_disable()","id":"CVE-2026-98261","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"ata: libahci: clear PxCLBU and PxFBU for AHCI_HFLAG_32BIT_ONLY","id":"CVE-2026-98262"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread()","id":"CVE-2026-98260"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel CIFS module allows attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via secondary channel handling.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98261/"}