CVE-2025-68226
Published Dec 16, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete backport and missed one kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker() that should have been converted to close_cached_dir().
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-68226? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker()
The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in
smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete backport and missed one
kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker() that should have been
converted to close_cached_dir().
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-68226? +
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