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GHSA-MP8M-M46Q-CQX4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-23 15:31 – Updated: 2026-02-26 21:31

Details

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

cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure()

In smb3_reconfigure(), if smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords() fails, the function returns immediately without freeing and erasing the newly allocated new_password and new_password2. This causes both a memory leak and a potential information leak.

Fix this by calling kfree_sensitive() on both password buffers before returning in this error case.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2025-71151 (GCVE-0-2025-71151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 14:15 – Updated: 2026-05-23 16:03

Title

cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure() In smb3_reconfigure(), if smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords() fails, the function returns immediately without freeing and erasing the newly allocated new_password and new_password2. This causes both a memory leak and a potential information leak. Fix this by calling kfree_sensitive() on both password buffers before returning in this error case.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc390b2737205163e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5679cc90bb5415801…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb82aaee16907dc4d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb6d5aa9c0f10074f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 880a661e67648a3ffe85405e8de5f50650a3c0b2 , < bc390b2737205163e48cc1655f6a0c8cd55b02fc (git) Affected: 0e4145774c016530bf99afb3675a1a0593c35642 , < 5679cc90bb5415801fa29041da0319d9e15d295d (git) Affected: 0f0e357902957fba28ed31bde0d6921c6bd1485d , < bb82aaee16907dc4d0b9b0ca7953ceb3edc328c6 (git) Affected: 0f0e357902957fba28ed31bde0d6921c6bd1485d , < cb6d5aa9c0f10074f1ad056c3e2278ad2cc7ec8d (git) Affected: 674ba43944dab8e8f87434e25d9d10c5152584bc (git) Affected: 6.6.64 , < 6.6.120 (semver) Affected: 6.12.2 , < 6.12.64 (semver) Affected: 6.11.11 , < 6.12 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.13 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.120 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.64 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.3 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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