CVE-2026-23228

NameCVE-2026-23228
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection() On kthread_run() failure in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(), the transport is freed via free_transport(), which does not decrement active_num_conn, leaking this counter. Replace free_transport() with ksmbd_tcp_disconnect().
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4499-1, DSA-6141-1, DSA-6163-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.251-1fixed
bookworm6.1.159-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.164-1fixed
trixie6.12.73-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.74-2fixed
forky6.19.6-2fixed
sid6.19.8-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.164-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye(not affected)
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.164-1DSA-6163-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.73-1DSA-6141-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.18.12-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.164-1~deb11u1DLA-4499-1

Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/77ffbcac4e569566d0092d5f22627dfc0896b553 (7.0-rc1)

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