CVE-2025-71223

kernel: smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 14, 2026

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime