Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() only frees ctx->source for the second fsconfig, not the first. Regarding fc->source, there is no code in the fs context related to its memory reclamation. To fix this memory leak, release the source memory corresponding to ctx or fc before each parsing. syzbot reported: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888128afa360 (size 96): backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba): kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84 smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x229b/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1444 BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888112c7d900 (size 96): backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba): smb3_fs_context_fullpath+0x70/0x1b0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:629 smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x2266/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1438
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4515743cc7a42e1d67468402a6420c195532a6fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c17341577e25a22feb13d694374b61d974edbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868fc62811d3fabcf5685e14f36377a855d5412d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c73eb7db0a498cd4b22d2819e6ab1a6f506bd6
FAQ
What is CVE-2025-40268?
CVE-2025-40268 is a documented vulnerability. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() onl...
How severe is CVE-2025-40268?
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Is there a patch for CVE-2025-40268?
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