CVE-2025-71151

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory and information leak in smb3_reconfigure() In smb3_reconfigure(), if smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords() fails, the function returns immediately without freeing and erasing the newly allocated new_password and new_password2. This causes both a memory leak and a potential information leak. Fix this by calling kfree_sensitive() on both password buffers before returning in this error case.

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-71151 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-71151.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5679cc90bb5415801fa29041da0319d9e15d295d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb82aaee16907dc4d0b9b0ca7953ceb3edc328c6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc390b2737205163e48cc1655f6a0c8cd55b02fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb6d5aa9c0f10074f1ad056c3e2278ad2cc7ec8d
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026012328-CVE-2025-71151-1a45@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71151
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71151