{"cve":"CVE-2025-68246","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T15:15:53.880","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: close accepted socket when per-IP limit rejects connection\n\nWhen the per-IP connection limit is exceeded in ksmbd_kthread_fn(),\nthe code sets ret = -EAGAIN and continues the accept loop without\nclosing the just-accepted socket. That leaks one socket per rejected\nattempt from a single IP and enables a trivial remote DoS.\n\nRelease client_sk before continuing.\n\nThis bug was found with ZeroPath.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35521b5a7e8a184548125f4530552101236dcda1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4587a7826be1ae0190dba10ff70b46bb0e3bc7d3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5746b2a0f5eb3d79667b3c51fe849bd62464220e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3c7154d5fc05956a8ad9e72ecf49e21555bfca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a5fd31cbf72d46bf18e50b3ab0ce86d5f319a9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68246","score":0.00414,"percentile":0.35452,"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."]}