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        "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:19:21.848Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:46:15.977Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:41:04.299Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: fix DFS traversal oops without CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL\n\nWhen compiled with CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL disabled, cifs_dfs_d_automount\nis NULL. cifs.ko logic for mapping CIFS_FATTR_DFS_REFERRAL attributes to\nS_AUTOMOUNT and corresponding dentry flags is retained regardless of\nCONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in\nVFS follow_automount() when traversing a DFS referral link:\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n  ...\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   __traverse_mounts+0xb5/0x220\n   ? cifs_revalidate_mapping+0x65/0xc0 [cifs]\n   step_into+0x195/0x610\n   ? lookup_fast+0xe2/0xf0\n   path_lookupat+0x64/0x140\n   filename_lookup+0xc2/0x140\n   ? __create_object+0x299/0x380\n   ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x119/0x220\n   ? user_path_at_empty+0x31/0x50\n   user_path_at_empty+0x31/0x50\n   __x64_sys_chdir+0x2a/0xd0\n   ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xca/0x100\n   do_syscall_64+0x42/0x90\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\nThis fix adds an inline cifs_dfs_d_automount() {return -EREMOTE} handler\nwhen CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is disabled. An alternative would be to\navoid flagging S_AUTOMOUNT, etc. without CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL. This\napproach was chosen as it provides more control over the error path."
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