CVE-2025-40103 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.158-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-14114849
  • published26 Nov 2025
  • disclosed30 Oct 2025

Introduced: 30 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-40103  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.158-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink

Fix three refcount inconsistency issues related to cifs_sb_tlink.

Comments for cifs_sb_tlink state that cifs_put_tlink() needs to be called after successful calls to cifs_sb_tlink(). Three calls fail to update refcount accordingly, leading to possible resource leaks.

CVSS Base Scores

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