CVE intelligence
CVE-2026-90165
Vulnerability intelligence
Published Sep 17, 2026Sources checked Nov 3, 2026
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What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-90165. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-90165?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/server: fix invalid pointer dereference in ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger()
See the procedure below:
ksmbd_launch_ksmbd_durable_scavenger durable_scavenger_running = true server_conf.dh_task = kthread_run() // fail, dh_task is an ERR_PTR()
server_ctrl_handle_reset ksmbd_stop_durable_scavenger kthread_stop(server_conf.dh_task) // invalid pointer
Source: NVD