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

cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed

There is a memory leak when mount cifs:
unreferenced object 0xffff888166059600 (size 448):
comm "mount.cifs", pid 51391, jiffies 4295596373 (age 330.596s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
fe 53 4d 42 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 82 00 .SMB@...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<0000000060609a61>] mempool_alloc+0xe1/0x260
[<00000000adfa6c63>] cifs_small_buf_get+0x24/0x60
[<00000000ebb404c7>] __smb2_plain_req_init+0x32/0x460
[<00000000bcf875b4>] SMB2_sess_alloc_buffer+0xa4/0x3f0
[<00000000753a2987>] SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0xf5/0x480
[<00000000f0c1f4f9>] SMB2_sess_setup+0x253/0x410
[<00000000a8b83303>] cifs_setup_session+0x18f/0x4c0
[<00000000854bd16d>] cifs_get_smb_ses+0xae7/0x13c0
[<000000006cbc43d9>] mount_get_conns+0x7a/0x730
[<000000005922d816>] cifs_mount+0x103/0xd10
[<00000000e33def3b>] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xc90
[<0000000078034979>] smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300
[<000000004371f980>] vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0
[<00000000b670d8a7>] path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0
[<000000005e839a7d>] __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0
[<000000009404c3b9>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80

When build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed, the session setup request
should be freed.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-55626 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed There is a memory leak when mount cifs: unreferenced object 0xffff888166059600 (size 448): comm "mount.cifs", pid 51391, jiffies 4295596373 (age 330.596s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): fe 53 4d 42 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 82 00 .SMB@........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000060609a61>] mempool_alloc+0xe1/0x260 [<00000000adfa6c63>] cifs_small_buf_get+0x24/0x60 [<00000000ebb404c7>] __smb2_plain_req_init+0x32/0x460 [<00000000bcf875b4>] SMB2_sess_alloc_buffer+0xa4/0x3f0 [<00000000753a2987>] SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0xf5/0x480 [<00000000f0c1f4f9>] SMB2_sess_setup+0x253/0x410 [<00000000a8b83303>] cifs_setup_session+0x18f/0x4c0 [<00000000854bd16d>] cifs_get_smb_ses+0xae7/0x13c0 [<000000006cbc43d9>] mount_get_conns+0x7a/0x730 [<000000005922d816>] cifs_mount+0x103/0xd10 [<00000000e33def3b>] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xc90 [<0000000078034979>] smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300 [<000000004371f980>] vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0 [<00000000b670d8a7>] path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0 [<000000005e839a7d>] __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0 [<000000009404c3b9>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 When build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed, the session setup request should be freed.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed There is a memory leak when mount cifs: unreferenced object 0xffff888166059600 (size 448): comm "mount.cifs", pid 51391, jiffies 4295596373 (age 330.596s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): fe 53 4d 42 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 82 00 .SMB@........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000060609a61>] mempool_alloc+0xe1/0x260 [<00000000adfa6c63>] cifs_small_buf_get+0x24/0x60 [<00000000ebb404c7>] __smb2_plain_req_init+0x32/0x460 [<00000000bcf875b4>] SMB2_sess_alloc_buffer+0xa4/0x3f0 [<00000000753a2987>] SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0xf5/0x480 [<00000000f0c1f4f9>] SMB2_sess_setup+0x253/0x410 [<00000000a8b83303>] cifs_setup_session+0x18f/0x4c0 [<00000000854bd16d>] cifs_get_smb_ses+0xae7/0x13c0 [<000000006cbc43d9>] mount_get_conns+0x7a/0x730 [<000000005922d816>] cifs_mount+0x103/0xd10 [<00000000e33def3b>] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xc90 [<0000000078034979>] smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300 [<000000004371f980>] vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0 [<00000000b670d8a7>] path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0 [<000000005e839a7d>] __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0 [<000000009404c3b9>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 When build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed, the session setup request should be freed.
Title cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-17T14:56:27.577Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:06.995Z

Link: CVE-2022-50372

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-17T15:15:36.187

Modified: 2025-12-11T15:46:10.847

Link: CVE-2022-50372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50372 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-18T11:59:10Z

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