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CVE-2025-40328: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-09 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() find_or_create_cached_dir() could grab a new reference after kref_put() had seen the refcount drop to zero but before cfid_list_lock is acquired in smb2_close_cached_fid(), leading to use-after-free. Switch to kref_put_lock() so cfid_release() is called with cfid_list_lock held, closing that gap.

Affected products

• Linux: 6.1 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bd62412271a2d734810dd50336cae88c54427
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734e99623c5b65bf2c03e35978a0b980ebc3c2f8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb3355ce9dcaba1b4a766f98b2ad373cab6cd626
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb596ceb4b7c3f28786a33840263728217fbcf5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb52d9c86d70298de0ab7c7953653898cbc0efd6

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