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

smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon()

When having a multiuser mount with domain= specified and using
cifscreds, cifs_set_cifscreds() will end up setting @ctx->domainname,
so it needs to be freed before leaving cifs_construct_tcon().

This fixes the following memory leak reported by kmemleak:

mount.cifs //srv/share /mnt -o domain=ZELDA,multiuser,...
su - testuser
cifscreds add -d ZELDA -u testuser
...
ls /mnt/1
...
umount /mnt
echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881203c3f08 (size 8):
comm "ls", pid 5060, jiffies 4307222943
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
5a 45 4c 44 41 00 cc cc ZELDA...
backtrace (crc d109a8cf):
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x572/0x710
kstrdup+0x3a/0x70
cifs_sb_tlink+0x1209/0x1770 [cifs]
cifs_get_fattr+0xe1/0xf50 [cifs]
cifs_get_inode_info+0xb5/0x240 [cifs]
cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x470 [cifs]
cifs_getattr+0x28e/0x450 [cifs]
vfs_getattr_nosec+0x126/0x180
vfs_statx+0xf6/0x220
do_statx+0xab/0x110
__x64_sys_statx+0xd5/0x130
do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x380
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon() When having a multiuser mount with domain= specified and using cifscreds, cifs_set_cifscreds() will end up setting @ctx->domainname, so it needs to be freed before leaving cifs_construct_tcon(). This fixes the following memory leak reported by kmemleak: mount.cifs //srv/share /mnt -o domain=ZELDA,multiuser,... su - testuser cifscreds add -d ZELDA -u testuser ... ls /mnt/1 ... umount /mnt echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xffff8881203c3f08 (size 8): comm "ls", pid 5060, jiffies 4307222943 hex dump (first 8 bytes): 5a 45 4c 44 41 00 cc cc ZELDA... backtrace (crc d109a8cf): __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x572/0x710 kstrdup+0x3a/0x70 cifs_sb_tlink+0x1209/0x1770 [cifs] cifs_get_fattr+0xe1/0xf50 [cifs] cifs_get_inode_info+0xb5/0x240 [cifs] cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr+0x2d1/0x470 [cifs] cifs_getattr+0x28e/0x450 [cifs] vfs_getattr_nosec+0x126/0x180 vfs_statx+0xf6/0x220 do_statx+0xab/0x110 __x64_sys_statx+0xd5/0x130 do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x380 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Title smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-16T15:06:14.977Z

Reserved: 2025-12-16T14:48:05.293Z

Link: CVE-2025-68295

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-16T16:16:08.423

Modified: 2025-12-16T16:16:08.423

Link: CVE-2025-68295

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