Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()
The optional @ref parameter might contain an NULL node_name, so
prevent dereferencing it in cifs_compose_mount_options().
Addresses-Coverity: 1476408 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 52% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)