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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-01-23 | Updated 2026-02-09 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

880a661e67648a3ffe85405e8de5f50650a3c0b2 (git) before bc390b2737205163e48cc1655f6a0c8cd55b02fc
affected

0e4145774c016530bf99afb3675a1a0593c35642 (git) before 5679cc90bb5415801fa29041da0319d9e15d295d
affected

0f0e357902957fba28ed31bde0d6921c6bd1485d (git) before bb82aaee16907dc4d0b9b0ca7953ceb3edc328c6
affected

0f0e357902957fba28ed31bde0d6921c6bd1485d (git) before cb6d5aa9c0f10074f1ad056c3e2278ad2cc7ec8d
affected

674ba43944dab8e8f87434e25d9d10c5152584bc (git)
affected

Default status
affected

6.13
affected

Any version before 6.13
unaffected

6.6.120 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.64 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.3 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/bc390b2737205163e48cc1655f6a0c8cd55b02fc

git.kernel.org/...c/5679cc90bb5415801fa29041da0319d9e15d295d

git.kernel.org/...c/bb82aaee16907dc4d0b9b0ca7953ceb3edc328c6

git.kernel.org/...c/cb6d5aa9c0f10074f1ad056c3e2278ad2cc7ec8d

cve.org (CVE-2025-71151)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-71151)

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