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Medium 5.5Published Feb 14, 2026
CVE-2025-71223In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open() When ksmbd_vfs_getattr() fails, the reference count of ksmbd_file must be released.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open() When ksmbd_vfs_getattr() fails, the reference count of ksmbd_file must be released.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.6.32 before 6.6.124; from 6.9 before 6.12.70; from 6.13 before 6.18.10; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2456fde2b137703328f1695f60c68fe488d17e36patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39ca11ff158c98fb092176f06047628c54bcf7a1patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4665e52bde3b1f8f442895ce7d88fa62a43e48c4patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f416c556997aa56ec4384c6b6efd6a0e6ac70aa7patch
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