CVE-2025-40286 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()

Memory leak occurs when ksmbd_vfs_read() fails.
Fix this by adding the missing kvfree().

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0797c6cf3b857cc229ab2bc69552938dcd738d78
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d8706a2c09a0c29b8b0e8a44bc7a1339685de9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fced056d2cc8d01b326e6fcfabaacb9850b71a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfda5422a16651d0bf864ec468b1c216e1b10d91
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1305587731886da37a214cda812ade246c653b0

History

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read() Memory leak occurs when ksmbd_vfs_read() fails. Fix this by adding the missing kvfree().
Title		smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0797c6cf3b857cc229ab2bc69552938dcd738d78 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d8706a2c09a0c29b8b0e8a44bc7a1339685de9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fced056d2cc8d01b326e6fcfabaacb9850b71a4 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfda5422a16651d0bf864ec468b1c216e1b10d91 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1305587731886da37a214cda812ade246c653b0

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-06T21:51:12.169Z

Updated: 2025-12-06T21:51:12.169Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.184Z

Link: CVE-2025-40286

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-06T22:15:56.797

Modified: 2025-12-06T22:15:56.797

Link: CVE-2025-40286

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