Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40103
Published: October 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117844
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40103
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the get_smb2_acl_by_path() and set_smb2_acl() functions in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-40103
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790282abe9d805f08618c1c24ea2529e7259b692
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/896bb31e1416f582503db1350cf1bd10dc64e5a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2b77f42205ef485a647f62082c442c1cd69d3fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dd034c14928306db1b46be277ae439b84dacf9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15605b68b490186da2ad8029c0351a9cfb0b9af