Posted by Bharath SM on Oct 16 cifs-utils 7.9 fixes a mount-option injection vulnerability in mount.cifs that can allow local privilege escalation in affected privileged mounting configurations. Affected versions: cifs-utils-4.2 - cifs-utils-7.8 Users are recommended to upgrade to version cifs-utils 7.9, which fixes the issue. Distributors can alternatively backport the fixes.
CVE-2026-104715: cifs-utils 4.2-7.8 mount-option injection in mount.cifs
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