This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled smb: prevent use-after-free due to open_cached_dir error paths to the 6.11-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: smb-prevent-use-after-free-due-to-open_cached_dir-error-paths.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.