CVE-2025-71151
Our Analysis: General-Purpose
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Published Date
January 23, 2026
Last Modified
January 26, 2026
CVSS Vector
Not Available
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.