cifs: fix cifsFileInfo leak on kmalloc failure in deferred close drain paths
In cifs_close_deferred_file(), cifs_close_all_deferred_files(), and
cifs_close_deferred_file_under_dentry(), when a pending deferred close
is cancelled via cancel_delayed_work(), the subsequent kmalloc_obj() to
add the file to the local processing list may fail under memory pressure.
The loop breaks immediately, but the cancelled work is no longer pending
(it would have called _cifsFileInfo_put()), and the cfile is never added
to file_head for processing. The cifsFileInfo reference and the open
server handle both leak.
Fix by saving the cfile that failed allocation in a local variable,
breaking as before, and calling _cifsFileInfo_put() on it after
releasing the lock. Any files later in the iteration are unaffected
since their deferred work is still pending and will fire normally.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix cifsFileInfo leak on kmalloc failure in deferred close drain paths In cifs_close_deferred_file(), cifs_close_all_deferred_files(), and cifs_close_deferred_file_under_dentry(), when a pending deferred close is cancelled via cancel_delayed_work(), the subsequent kmalloc_obj() to add the file to the local processing list may fail under memory pressure. The loop breaks immediately, but the cancelled work is no longer pending (it would have called _cifsFileInfo_put()), and the cfile is never added to file_head for processing. The cifsFileInfo reference and the open server handle both leak. Fix by saving the cfile that failed allocation in a local variable, breaking as before, and calling _cifsFileInfo_put() on it after releasing the lock. Any files later in the iteration are unaffected since their deferred work is still pending and will fire normally. | |
| Title | cifs: fix cifsFileInfo leak on kmalloc failure in deferred close drain paths | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T12:02:46.907Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.381Z
Link: CVE-2026-68312
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