Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure()
CVE-2025-71151
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure()
In smb3_reconfigure(), if smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords() fails, the function returns immediately without freeing and erasing the newly allocated new_password and new_password2. This causes both a memory leak and a potential information leak.
Fix this by calling kfree_sensitive() on both password buffers before returning in this error case.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.13
Patches
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