CVE-2025-40328

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() find_or_create_cached_dir() could grab a new reference after kref_put() had seen the refcount drop to zero but before cfid_list_lock is acquired in smb2_close_cached_fid(), leading to use-after-free. Switch to kref_put_lock() so cfid_release() is called with cfid_list_lock held, closing that gap.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Deferred - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-12-09

Last modified

2026-10-15

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb52d9c86d70298de0ab7c7953653898cbc0efd6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bd62412271a2d734810dd50336cae88c54427
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb596ceb4b7c3f28786a33840263728217fbcf5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734e99623c5b65bf2c03e35978a0b980ebc3c2f8