CVE-2024-35870 smb: client: fix UAF in smb2_reconnect_server()

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Multiple CVEs Address UAF Vulnerabilities in SMB Client Two vulnerabilities in the SMB client have been addressed, specifically CVE-2025-37750 and CVE-2024-26928. CVE-2025-37750, published on May 1, 2025, fixes a use-after-free (UAF) issue in decryption with multichannel, while CVE-2024-26928, published on April 28, 2024, addresses a potential UAF in the cifs_debug_files_proc_show() function. Affected systems include those utilizing the SMB client in Microsoft environments. 3 sources 47