CVE-2025-38575
ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
18 Apr 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc
Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory
allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data
is zeroed before being freed.
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16ehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html