In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate()
In some cases of failure (dialect mismatches) in SMB2_negotiate(), after
the request is sent, the checks would return -EIO when they should be
rather setting rc = -EIO and jumping to neg_exit to free the response
buffer from mempool.
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate() In some cases of failure (dialect mismatches) in SMB2_negotiate(), after the request is sent, the checks would return -EIO when they should be rather setting rc = -EIO and jumping to neg_exit to free the response buffer from mempool. | |
Title | cifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-06-18T10:54:39.458Z
Reserved: 2025-05-01T14:05:17.255Z
Link: CVE-2022-49938

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-18T11:15:20.683
Modified: 2025-06-18T13:46:52.973
Link: CVE-2022-49938
