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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: smb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks", "id": "2367567", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367567"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.8", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nsmb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks\nA pre-existing valid cfid returned from find_or_create_cached_dir might\nrace with a lease break, meaning open_cached_dir doesn't consider it\nvalid, and thinks it's newly-constructed. This leaks a dentry reference\nif the allocation occurs before the queued lease break work runs.\nAvoid the race by extending holding the cfid_list_lock across\nfind_or_create_cached_dir and when the result is checked."], "name": "CVE-2025-37954", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-05-20T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37954\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37954\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025052002-CVE-2025-37954-6751@gregkh/T"], "statement": "Fixes a race in SMB client cached directory handling causing dentry ref leaks. The security impact is limited. Only affects systems under active SMB usage with directory caching and lease breaks.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}