Medium [CVE-2025-71151] Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure()
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-71151 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1, kernel.
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Summary
Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure(). Red Hat rates this low (CVSS 5.5).
Weakness: CWE-772. Affected package(s): kernel.
Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:6966 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.
- kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
- kernel-0:6.12.0-55.9.1.el10_0
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- RHSA-2025:6966
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2025:6966 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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