CVE-2026-64598

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the smb2 aead req alloc() function where the *num sgs variable, defined as a u32, is incorrectly handled when using ERR PTR(). This improper handling of the error code can lead to a system crash when the invalid error pointer is dereferenced.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.