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smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.70, 6.18.10, 6.6.124
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-71223
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 14:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 14 Feb 2026, 16:27 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-71223
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.124, 6.12.70, 6.18.10
Complete source record
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