# CVE-2025-68226: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids\_invalidation\_worker()

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.17.10
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from bdb596ceb4b7c3f28786a33840263728217fbcf5, fixed in abd29b6e17a918fdd68352ce4813e167acc8727e
- Linux: from 6.17.8, fixed in 6.17.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.17.8, fixed in 6.17.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() The previous commit bdb596ceb4b7 ("smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid()") was an incomplete backport and missed one kref_put() call in cfids_invalidation_worker() that should have been converted to close_cached_dir().

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abd29b6e17a918fdd68352ce4813e167acc8727e

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