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CVE-2025-37778

ksmbd: Fix dangling pointer in krb_authenticate

EPSS 0.5%
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS EPSS 0.5%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
01 May 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix dangling pointer in krb_authenticate krb_authenticate frees sess->user and does not set the pointer to NULL. It calls ksmbd_krb5_authenticate to reinitialise sess->user but that function may return without doing so. If that happens then smb2_sess_setup, which calls krb_authenticate, will be accessing free'd memory when it later uses sess->user.
Affected products
Linux · Linux

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