CVE-2025-68226

High

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().

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 16, 2025
First seenDec 16, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxabd29b6e17a918fdd68352ce4813e167acc8727e, 6.17.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxbdb596ceb4b7c3f28786a33840263728217fbcf5 ≤ v < abd29b6e17a918fdd68352ce4813e167acc8727e, 6.17.8 ≤ v < 6.17.10abd29b6e17a918fdd68352ce4813e167acc8727e, 6.17.10

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