Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-68246
CVE-2025-68246
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: close accepted socket when per-IP limit rejects connection
When the per-IP connection limit is exceeded in ksmbd_kthread_fn(), the code sets ret = -EAGAIN and continues the accept loop without closing the just-accepted socket. That leaks one socket per rejected attempt from a single IP and enables a trivial remote DoS.
Release client_sk before continuing.
This bug was found with ZeroPath.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/35521b5a7e8a184548125f4530552101236dcda1nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4587a7826be1ae0190dba10ff70b46bb0e3bc7d3nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5746b2a0f5eb3d79667b3c51fe849bd62464220envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3c7154d5fc05956a8ad9e72ecf49e21555bfcanvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a5fd31cbf72d46bf18e50b3ab0ce86d5f319a9nvd
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