# CVE-2026-98450: smb: client: close completed creates on compound wait errors

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.19.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: close completed creates on compound wait errors compound_send_recv() waits for responses in order. If a later wait is interrupted, or if a later MID fails during response synchronization, an earlier CREATE may already have opened a remote handle. The earlier mid is then released without invoking handle_cancelled_mid(), leaving the remote handle open because no FID was copied to the caller. Mark completed earlier mids as cancelled when a compound wait or MID synchronization aborts. Keep their response buffers attached while the MIDs are synchronized, and transfer them only after synchronization of the processed responses, so the release path can inspect successful CREATE responses and queue SMB2_close() after a later failure. Account for a remote open only after the close work is allocated and before it is queued, since the caller has not yet updated num_remote_opens. Mark the create+close compound used by smb2_unlink() so it is not closed again. Non-CREATE responses and compounds that already include a close keep their existing behavior.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da83fed81241b03fd0e7ccf0091b051cf420d8d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94370cf2b76e913a997e9a633ab521a45029284
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c6c7e665af4dba75a02f4c9bad3ae2ce341619
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afc80156b1d9e2cfd02d42c255305fad95b59fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cb07d1a6a30283dbfc809c8036bc1fd103d59fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224b56b7c02b2bfb1f5bee18d5f56ae6b052be44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253612499ce9b4cd7bb922fe507ec204bddd9313
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c5c547f037bc18f0b8d0b5db5a648f8f630ce85

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