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ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked When `ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked` met an error and it is not the last entry, it will exit without restoring changed path buffer. But later this buffer may be used as the filename for creation.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.125, 6.12.10, 6.6.72
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21660
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Jan 2025, 12:18 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked When `ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked` met an error and it is not the last entry, it will exit without restoring changed path buffer. But later this buffer may be used as the filename for creation.
osv:CVE-2025-21660
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.125, 6.6.72, 6.12.10
Complete source record
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