CVE-2025-68246: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: close accepted socket when per-IP limit rejects connection When the per-IP connection limit is exceeded in ksmbd_kthread_fn(), the code sets ret = -EAGAIN and continues the accept loop without closing the just-accepted socket. That leaks one socket per rejected attempt from a single IP and enables a trivial remote DoS. Release client_sk before continuing. This bug was found with ZeroPath.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.15, before 6.1.159 (fixed in 6.1.159); from 6.2, before 6.6.117 (fixed in 6.6.117); from 6.7, before 6.12.59 (fixed in 6.12.59); from 6.13, before 6.17.9 (fixed in 6.17.9)

Published 2025-12-16. Last modified 2026-07-30.