CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-56729

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel SMB subsystem, a tcon reference leak occurs when a lease break races with opening the cached directory. Processing the lease break may take a reference to the tcon in cached_dir_lease_break() and then fail to release it in cached_dir_offload_close because cfid->tcon is still NULL. The fix initializes cfid->tcon before network operations.

Risk Assessment

The reference leak can lead to resource exhaustion and system instability. It may cause denial of service or performance issues in SMB file systems.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Avoid unnecessary lease breaks in SMB environments.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before performing network ops Avoid leaking a tcon ref when a lease break races with opening the cached directory. Processing the leak break might take a reference to the tcon in cached_dir_lease_break() and then fail to release the ref in cached_dir_offload_close, since cfid->tcon is still NULL.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS