CVE-2025-40268
Published: Dec 6, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() only frees ctx->source for the second fsconfig, not the first. Regarding fc->source, there is no code in the fs context related to its memory reclamation. To fix this memory leak, release the source memory corresponding to ctx or fc before each parsing. syzbot reported: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888128afa360 (size 96): backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba): kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84 smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x229b/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1444 BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888112c7d900 (size 96): backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba): smb3_fs_context_fullpath+0x70/0x1b0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:629 smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x2266/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1438
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected af1a3d2ba9543e99d78914d8fb88b61d0531d9a1 - < 868fc62811d3fabcf5685e14f36377a855d5412daffected af1a3d2ba9543e99d78914d8fb88b61d0531d9a1 - < 48c17341577e25a22feb13d694374b61d974edbcaffected af1a3d2ba9543e99d78914d8fb88b61d0531d9a1 - < 4515743cc7a42e1d67468402a6420c195532a6faaffected af1a3d2ba9543e99d78914d8fb88b61d0531d9a1 - < e8c73eb7db0a498cd4b22d2819e6ab1a6f506bd6 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.11unaffected 0 - < 5.11unaffected 6.6.117 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.12.59 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.17.9 - <= 6.17.*+1 more versions |
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