5.5

CVE-2026-23205

smb/client: fix memory leak in smb2_open_file()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/client: fix memory leak in smb2_open_file()

Reproducer:

  1. server: directories are exported read-only
  2. client: mount -t cifs //${server_ip}/export /mnt
  3. client: dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/file bs=512 count=1000 oflag=direct
  4. client: umount /mnt
  5. client: sleep 1
  6. client: modprobe -r cifs

The error message is as follows:

  =============================================================================
  BUG cifs_small_rq (Not tainted): Objects remaining on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Object 0x00000000d47521be @offset=14336
  ...
  WARNING: mm/slub.c:1251 at __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x34e/0x440, CPU#0: modprobe/1577
  ...
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   kmem_cache_destroy+0x94/0x190
   cifs_destroy_request_bufs+0x3e/0x50 [cifs]
   cleanup_module+0x4e/0x540 [cifs]
   __se_sys_delete_module+0x278/0x400
   __x64_sys_delete_module+0x5f/0x70
   x64_sys_call+0x2299/0x2ff0
   do_syscall_64+0x89/0x350
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
  ...
  kmem_cache_destroy cifs_small_rq: Slab cache still has objects when called from cifs_destroy_request_bufs+0x3e/0x50 [cifs]
  WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:532 at kmem_cache_destroy+0x16b/0x190, CPU#0: modprobe/1577
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.1.141 < 6.1.163
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.6.93 < 6.6.124
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.12.31 < 6.12.70
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.14.9 < 6.18.10
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc5
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc6
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc7
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.19 Updaterc8
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
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CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/743f70406264348c0830f38409eb6c40a42fb2db
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6d6b332f92990958602c1e35ce0173e2dd62e9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64e3b5d8d759dd4333992e4ba4dadf9359952c8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ee608a64e37cea5b4b13e436c559dd0fb2ad1b5
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3a43633023e3cacaca60d4b8972d084a2b06236
Patch