CVE-2025-68226
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete backport and missed one kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker() that should have been converted to close_cached_dir().
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.