CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-68246

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ksmbd module, a socket leak occurs when the per-IP connection limit is exceeded. The accepted socket is not closed, enabling a remote DoS attack.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves the possibility of a DoS attack by exhausting network socket resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-68246.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: close accepted socket when per-IP limit rejects connection When the per-IP connection limit is exceeded in ksmbd_kthread_fn(), the code sets ret = -EAGAIN and continues the accept loop without closing the just-accepted socket. That leaks one socket per rejected attempt from a single IP and enables a trivial remote DoS. Release client_sk before continuing. This bug was found with ZeroPath.

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