Threats tagged 'ghsa-2f7p-h662-999p'

A buffer leak vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's SMB client asynchronous read path due to improper handling of request buffer allocation failures in smb2_new_read_req(). This leak occurs when memory registration fails, causing allocated buffers not to be released, potentially leading to resource exhaustion over time. The issue affects only the asynchronous SMB2 read operation and does not impact synchronous reads or writes.