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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection() On kthread_run() failure in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(), the transport is freed via free_transport(), which does not decrement active_num_conn, leaking this counter. Replace free_transport() with ksmbd_tcp_disconnect().

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-02-18 | Updated 2026-02-23 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4210c3555db4b38bade92331b153e583261f05f9 (git) before 6dd2645cf080a75be31fa66063c7332b291f46f0
affected

d5d7847e57ac69fa99c18b363a34419bcdb5a281 (git) before 7ddd69cd1338c6197e1b6b19cec60d99c8633e4f
affected

0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 (git) before 787769c8cc50416af7b8b1a36e6bcd6aaa7680aa
affected

0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 (git) before baf664fc90a6139a39a58333e4aaa390c10d45dc
affected

0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 (git) before cd25e0d809531a67e9dd53b19012d27d2b13425f
affected

0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 (git) before 599271110c35f6b16e2e4e45b9fbd47ed378c982
affected

0d0d4680db22eda1eea785c47bbf66a9b33a8b16 (git) before 77ffbcac4e569566d0092d5f22627dfc0896b553
affected

Default status
affected

6.2
affected

Any version before 6.2
unaffected

5.15.201 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.164 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.125 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.72 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.11 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.1 (semver)
unaffected

7.0-rc1 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/6dd2645cf080a75be31fa66063c7332b291f46f0

git.kernel.org/...c/7ddd69cd1338c6197e1b6b19cec60d99c8633e4f

git.kernel.org/...c/787769c8cc50416af7b8b1a36e6bcd6aaa7680aa

git.kernel.org/...c/baf664fc90a6139a39a58333e4aaa390c10d45dc

git.kernel.org/...c/cd25e0d809531a67e9dd53b19012d27d2b13425f

git.kernel.org/...c/599271110c35f6b16e2e4e45b9fbd47ed378c982

git.kernel.org/...c/77ffbcac4e569566d0092d5f22627dfc0896b553

cve.org (CVE-2026-23228)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23228)

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