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The cifs smb tag covers discussions about the Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocol implementations, primarily within the Linux kernel. Content focuses on vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-38321, CVE-2025-38244, CVE-2024-35870, and CVE-2024-26928, which affect the CIFS/SMB client code path. Recurring themes include use-after-free bugs, deadlocks during reconnection, memory allocation failures, and debug path issues. Posts analyze Microsoft's Azure Linux attestation for these CVEs, emphasizing that product-scoped statements do not guarantee absence of vulnerable code in other Microsoft products. The tag is relevant for security professionals and IT administrators tracking kernel-level SMB client vulnerabilities and their cross-product implications.
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    Azure Linux CVE-2025-38321: Attestation Limits and Cross Product Risk

    Microsoft’s short MSRC attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate for CVE‑2025‑38321 — but it is a product‑scoped inventory statement, not a proof that no other Microsoft product or image could contain the same vulnerable...
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    CVE-2025-38244: Azure Linux Attestation and SMB Deadlock Patch Reality

    The Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38244 — described upstream as “smb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels” — is a clear reminder that modern vendor transparency programs are useful but incomplete: Microsoft has attested that the Azure Linux distribution...
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    CVE-2024-35870: Azure Linux Attestation and Cross Product Exposure

    Microsoft’s short advisory that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate — but it is a product‑scoped attestation, not proof that no other Microsoft product could ever carry the same vulnerable code. view CVE‑2024‑35870 is a Linux‑kernel...
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    CVE-2024-26928 Linux CIFS SMB Debug UAF Fix Guards SES_EXITING

    A small, easily overlooked change in the Linux SMB client — a single check that skips sessions already tearing down — closed a deceptively dangerous use‑after‑free (UAF) bug in the CIFS/SMB debug path that could, in practice, let an attacker repeatedly deny availability or cause kernel...
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