CVE-2025-37954
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.6.91, 6.7.0-6.12.29, 6.13.0-6.14.7 - Dentry Reference Leak via SMB Client Lease Break Race
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks A pre-existing valid cfid returned from find_or_create_cached_dir might race with a lease break, meaning open_cached_dir doesn't consider it valid, and thinks it's newly-constructed. This leaks a dentry reference if the allocation occurs before the queued lease break work runs. Avoid the race by extending holding the cfid_list_lock across find_or_create_cached_dir and when the result is checked.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
5.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.14.7linux
linux/Kernel
6.6.0 - 6.6.91linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.29linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.6
Linux/Linux
436be190fbf81e5d84040dabf9cb7be06a94dc5d
Linux/Linux
6.12.29 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.14.7 - 6.14.*
Linux/Linux
6.15
Linux/Linux
6.5.10 - 6.6
Linux/Linux
6.6
... and 7 more
Published
May 20, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026