CVE-2025-37924
Linux Kernel ksmbd Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in kerberos authentication Setting sess->user = NULL was introduced to fix the dangling pointer created by ksmbd_free_user. However, it is possible another thread could be operating on the session and make use of sess->user after it has been passed to ksmbd_free_user but before sess->user is set to NULL.
INFO
Published Date :
May 20, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 21, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
May. 20, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in kerberos authentication Setting sess->user = NULL was introduced to fix the dangling pointer created by ksmbd_free_user. However, it is possible another thread could be operating on the session and make use of sess->user after it has been passed to ksmbd_free_user but before sess->user is set to NULL. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c756738af44a404a91b77830d017bb0c525890 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b447463562238428503cfba1c913261047772f90 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e18c616718018dfc440e4a2d2b94e28fe91b1861 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e34a33d5d7e87399af0a138bb32f6a3e95dd83d2 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e86e9134e1d1c90a960dd57f59ce574d27b9a124
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