cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path Add proper cleanup of ctx->source and fc->source to the cifs_parse_mount_err error handler. This ensures that memory allocated for the source strings is correctly freed on all error paths, matching the cleanup already performed in the success path by smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents(). Pointers are also set to NULL after freeing to prevent potential double-free issues. This change fixes a memory leak originally detected by syzbot. The leak occurred when processing Opt_source mount options if an error happened after ctx->source and fc->source were successfully allocated but before the function completed. The specific leak sequence was: 1. ctx->source = smb3_fs_context_fullpath(ctx, '/') allocates memory 2. fc->source = kstrdup(ctx->source, GFP_KERNEL) allocates more memory 3. A subsequent error jumps to cifs_parse_mount_err 4. The old error handler freed passwords but not the source strings, causing the memory to leak. This issue was not addressed by commit e8c73eb7db0a ("cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param"), which only fixed leaks from repeated fsconfig() calls but not this error path. Patch updated with minor change suggested by kernel test robot
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68219
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qvg-p925-pxr9
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@a8071fd69df335362be5ecf5df5a167fd1eb5853 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8071fd69df335362be5ecf5df5a167fd1eb5853
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7627864dc3121f39e220f5253a227edf472de59e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48d69290270891f988e72edddd9688c20515421d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37010021d7e0341bb241ca00bcbae31f2c50b23f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e4d9120cfa413dd34f4f434befc5dbe6c38b2e5
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68219 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68219 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qvg-p925-pxr9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68219 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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