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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98451",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.350Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:15:01.473Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:19:46.578Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: use finish_no_open() for non-regular inodes\n\nAn O_CREAT open can find an existing symlink or another non-regular\ninode. cifs_atomic_open() calls finish_open() on it and attaches a\ncifsFileInfo. Symlink inodes have no CIFS release operation, so the\ndentry reference held by cifsFileInfo is leaked. FMODE_OPENED also\nprevents the VFS from following the symlink.\n\nTrack whether cifs_do_create() returned an open server handle. For\nnon-regular inodes, close the handle if present, remove the pending\nopen, and call finish_no_open() so the VFS can continue the lookup.\nDo not set FMODE_CREATED unless a regular file was opened. For\nO_NOFOLLOW with __O_REGULAR, return -ELOOP before the VFS's\n-EFTYPE check.\n\nDefer closing a legacy POSIX handle on a non-regular inode until\nafter inode lookup. This avoids closing it again if lookup fails."
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