{"cve":"CVE-2025-40286","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-06T22:15:56.797","modified":"2026-10-15T19:10:00.173","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read()\n\nMemory leak occurs when ksmbd_vfs_read() fails.\nFix this by adding the missing kvfree().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0797c6cf3b857cc229ab2bc69552938dcd738d78","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d8706a2c09a0c29b8b0e8a44bc7a1339685de9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fced056d2cc8d01b326e6fcfabaacb9850b71a4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfda5422a16651d0bf864ec468b1c216e1b10d91","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1305587731886da37a214cda812ade246c653b0"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40286","score":0.00186,"percentile":0.08071,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}