High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2025-21955
CVE-2025-21955
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: prevent connection release during oplock break notification
ksmbd_work could be freed when after connection release. Increment r_count of ksmbd_conn to indicate that requests are not finished yet and to not release the connection.
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10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<6.6.84
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 5.15
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