Bug 2440657 (CVE-2026-23228) - CVE-2026-23228 kernel: smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()
Summary: CVE-2026-23228 kernel: smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23228
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-02-18 16:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-18 18:25 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-18 16:02:41 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()

On kthread_run() failure in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(), the transport is
freed via free_transport(), which does not decrement active_num_conn,
leaking this counter.

Replace free_transport() with ksmbd_tcp_disconnect().


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