CVE-2025-40105Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 30
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount When user calls open_by_handle_at() on some inode that is not cached, we will create disconnected dentry for it. If such dentry is a directory, exportfs_decode_fh_raw() will then try to connect this dentry to the dentry tree through reconnect_path(). It may happen for various reasons (such as corrupted fs or race with rename) that the call to lookup_one_unlocked() in reconnect_on

Affected Packages8 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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