{"cve":"CVE-2026-45924","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:17:07.413","modified":"2026-06-24T17:21:38.327","status":"Undergoing Analysis","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: call ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_end_removing() on some error paths\n\nThere are two places where ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_end_removing() needs to be\ncalled in order to balance what the corresponding successful call to\nksmbd_vfs_kern_path_start_removing() has done, i.e. drop inode locks and\nput the taken references.  Otherwise there might be potential deadlocks\nand unbalanced locks which are caught like:\n\nBUG: workqueue leaked lock or atomic: kworker/5:21/0x00000000/7596\n     last function: handle_ksmbd_work\n2 locks held by kworker/5:21/7596:\n #0: ffff8881051ae448 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked+0x142/0x660\n #1: ffff888130e966c0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked+0x17d/0x660\nCPU: 5 PID: 7596 Comm: kworker/5:21 Not tainted 6.1.162-00456-gc29b353f383b #138\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x5b\n process_one_work.cold+0x57/0x5c\n worker_thread+0x82/0x600\n kthread+0x153/0x190\n ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n </TASK>\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c578e8065c4b08d5635a4cbc0f6321df9d20f79","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d6691933682f0516259a31b39d2cebcedec0a5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c38600feb81c670edb82e49d201d3d2d00cd4c3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e3a3192ef78d8302916408d62813b1fddfc8972","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a09dc10d1353f0e92c21eae2a79af1c2b1ddcde8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45924","score":0.00121,"percentile":0.01861,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}