A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.82/6.18.23/6.19.13/7.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ksmbd_decode_negTokenInit of the component BER Decoder. The manipulation leads to memory leak.

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-31610. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists.

It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.