2419887 – (CVE-2025-40286) CVE-2025-40286 kernel: smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()

Bug 2419887 (CVE-2025-40286) - CVE-2025-40286 kernel: smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()

Summary: CVE-2025-40286 kernel: smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2025-40286
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	unspecified
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Reported:	2025-12-08 07:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 20:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-08 07:06:21 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()

Memory leak occurs when ksmbd_vfs_read() fails.
Fix this by adding the missing kvfree().

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