# CVE-2025-71220: smb/server: call ksmbd\_session\_rpc\_close() on error path in create\_smb2\_pipe()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.200, 6.1.163
- Published: 2026-02-14 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.15.145, fixed in 5.15.200; from 6.1.71, fixed in 6.1.163
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: call ksmbd_session_rpc_close() on error path in create_smb2_pipe() When ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp() fails, we should call ksmbd_session_rpc_close().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.200, 6.1.163) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2c68e256fb7a4ac34154c6e865a1389acca839f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b7b4df87fe6f2db6ee45f475de6b37b8b8e5d29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd114b682a4ccaeba2c2bad049c8b50ce740d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac18761b530b5dd40f59af8a25902282e5512854
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdda836fcee6fdbcccc24e3679097efb583f581f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c28f8eef5ac5312794d8a52918076dcd787e53b

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