CVE-2025-37954 — Linux vulnerability
46 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateFeb 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Avoid race in open_cached_dir with lease breaks
A pre-existing valid cfid returned from find_or_create_cached_dir might
race with a lease break, meaning open_cached_dir doesn't consider it
valid, and thinks it's newly-constructed. This leaks a dentry reference
if the allocation occurs before the queued lease break work runs.
Avoid the race by extending holding the cfid_list_lock across
find_or_create_cached_dir a…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux81ba10959970d15c388bf29866b01b62f387e6a3 — 2ed98e89ebc2e1bc73534dc3c18cb7843a889ff9+5