Medium5.5Vendor: LowRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux

fix memory leak in smb2_open_file()

CVE-2026-23205 Published Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2026-23205

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

fix memory leak in smb2_open_file(). Red Hat rates this low (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-772. Affected package(s): kernel. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:20095 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

kernel-0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
kernel-0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2025:20095

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2025:20095 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 day ago·verify at source

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