smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23228
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection() On kthread_run() failure in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(), the transport is freed via free_transport(), which does not decrement active_num_conn, leaking this counter. Replace free_transport() with ksmbd_tcp_disconnect().

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 4210c3555db4b38bade92331b153e583261f05f9 < 6dd2645cf080a75be31fa66063c7332b291f46f0 ; affected d5d7847e57ac69fa99c18b363a34419bcdb5a281 < 7ddd69cd1338c6197e1b6b19cec60d99c8633e4f ; affected 0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 < 787769c8cc50416af7b8b1a36e6bcd6aaa7680aa ; affected 0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 < baf664fc90a6139a39a58333e4aaa390c10d45dc ; affected 0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 < cd25e0d809531a67e9dd53b19012d27d2b13425f ; affected 0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 < 599271110c35f6b16e2e4e45b9fbd47ed378c982
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.2 ; unaffected 0 < 6.2 ; unaffected 5.15.201 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.164 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.125 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.72 ≤ 6.12.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD