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CVE-2026-90166

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 17, 2026Sources checked Nov 11, 2026
N/ACVSS not listedScore unavailable
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-90166. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Nov 7, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

  • 6.6.161.1-1
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-2026-90166?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/server: fix null-ptr-deref in ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request()

See the procedure below:

ksmbd_tree_conn_connect ksmbd_share_config_get share->name = kstrdup() // fail if (!test_share_config_flag(share, KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_PIPE)) // false // do not check `share->name` ksmbd_ipc_tree_connect_request strlen(share->name) // null-ptr-deref

Source: NVD