CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68226

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's SMB client, an incomplete backport of a fix misses a kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker(). This can lead to a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential security breaches or system crashes due to UAF.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the complete fix for CVE-2025-68226.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete backport and missed one kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker() that should have been converted to close_cached_dir().

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