CVE-2025-37899
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- May 20, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff
The sess->user object can currently be in use by another thread, for example if another connection has sent a session setup request to bind to the session being free'd. The handler for that connection could be in the smb2_sess_setup function which makes use of sess->user.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/931dc8a3670f71c45c0b1379ea4e92dafbda1aca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ad6455139e26e85f48f95d0e21f351c1909342
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ec1d79509b3ee01de02c236f096bc050221b7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d16046cd11a5c037b28c12ffb818c56dd3ef43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc9feff45d92a92cd5f96487655d5be23fb7e2b
- https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081338
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