** Description changed:

  [Impact]
- In an 24.04 VM running kernel 6.8.0-87-generic, a memory leak is experienced 
when performing I/O in a cifs mountpoint. Free memory keeps decreasing until 
reaching a very low value.
+ In a 24.04 VM running kernel 6.8.0-87-generic, a memory leak is experienced 
when performing I/O in a cifs mountpoint. Free memory keeps decreasing until 
reaching a very low value.
  
  This behavior is not seen in the latest 24.04 HWE kernel
  6.14.0-35-generic.
  
  [Test case]
  1) Create 2 multipass Ubuntu 24.04 VMs, one acting as a samba server, and the 
other acting as a samba client.
  
  2) From the client, mount the samba share with default settings:
  sudo mount -t cifs //<IP>/shared /mnt/cifs-share
  
  3) From the client, create a small file in /mnt/cifs-share:
  fallocate -l 1k d1.data
  
  4) From the client, keep zipping the file in an endless loop:
  while true ; do zstd --force d1.data ; done
  
  5) From the client, watch the free memory decrease to a very low value
  
- 
  [Other info]
  Originally reported in closed Discourse post at 
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-file-operations-on-top-of-a-cifs-mount-leak-memory/56439
- --- 
+ ---
  ProblemType: Bug
  AlsaDevices:
-  total 0
-  crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Nov 13 10:37 seq
-  crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 13 10:37 timer
+  total 0
+  crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Nov 13 10:37 seq
+  crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 13 10:37 timer
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', 
'/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CRDA: N/A
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CloudArchitecture: x86_64
  CloudBuildName: server
  CloudID: multipass
  CloudName: multipass
  CloudPlatform: nocloud
  CloudSerial: 20251031
  CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/sr0)
  CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['dmesg'] failed with exit code 1: dmesg: read 
kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
  Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
  Lsusb-t:
-  
+ 
  Lsusb-v: Error: command ['lsusb', '-v'] failed with exit code 1:
  MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  Package: linux (not installed)
  PciMultimedia:
-  
+ 
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=C.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=C.UTF-8
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  ProcFB: 0 simpledrmdrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.8.0-87-generic 
root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 6.8.0-87.88-generic 6.8.12
  RelatedPackageVersions:
-  linux-restricted-modules-6.8.0-87-generic N/A
-  linux-backports-modules-6.8.0-87-generic  N/A
-  linux-firmware                            N/A
+  linux-restricted-modules-6.8.0-87-generic N/A
+  linux-backports-modules-6.8.0-87-generic  N/A
+  linux-firmware                            N/A
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
  Tags: cloud-image noble
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-87-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lxd sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  acpidump:
-  
+ 
  dmi.bios.date: 02/06/2015
  dmi.bios.release: 0.0
  dmi.bios.vendor: EFI Development Kit II / OVMF
  dmi.bios.version: 0.0.0
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
  dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-8.2
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnEFIDevelopmentKitII/OVMF:bvr0.0.0:bd02/06/2015:br0.0:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-8.2:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-8.2:sku:
  dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-8.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU

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