vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2025-40268: ELSA-2026-50006: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 6, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 | Jan 15, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 6, 2025
Added
Jan 15, 2026
Modified
Jan 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param
The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() only
frees ctx->source for the second fsconfig, not the first.
Regarding fc->source, there is no code in the fs context related to its
memory reclamation.
To fix this memory leak, release the source memory corresponding to ctx
or fc before each parsing.
syzbot reported:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888128afa360 (size 96):
backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84
smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x229b/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1444
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888112c7d900 (size 96):
backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
smb3_fs_context_fullpath+0x70/0x1b0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:629
smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x2266/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1438
cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param
The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() only
frees ctx->source for the second fsconfig, not the first.
Regarding fc->source, there is no code in the fs context related to its
memory reclamation.
To fix this memory leak, release the source memory corresponding to ctx
or fc before each parsing.
syzbot reported:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888128afa360 (size 96):
backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84
smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x229b/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1444
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888112c7d900 (size 96):
backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
smb3_fs_context_fullpath+0x70/0x1b0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:629
smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x2266/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1438
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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