Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2026· Updated Feb 16, 2026
smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open()
CVE-2025-71223
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/server: fix refcount leak in smb2_open()
When ksmbd_vfs_getattr() fails, the reference count of ksmbd_file must be released.
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