# CVE-2026-31710: smb: client: fix dir separator in SMB1 UNIX mounts

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.19
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.18.53, fixed in 6.19
- Linux: 7.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix dir separator in SMB1 UNIX mounts When calling cifs_mount_get_tcon() with SMB1 UNIX mounts, @cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags needs to be read or updated only after calling reset_cifs_unix_caps(), otherwise it might end up with missing CIFS_MOUNT_POSIXACL and CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS bits. This fixes the wrong dir separator used in paths caused by the missing CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS bit in cifs_sb_info::mnt_cifs_flags.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbbfcf35e1ee3396631f3dc6214cb626aa9814c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d3fc5844d685441befd0caaab648321013cdfd

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