CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37924

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
22.06%

98th percentile - higher than 98% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a use-after-free vulnerability in Kerberos authentication in ksmbd has been resolved. Setting sess->user = NULL was introduced to fix the dangling pointer created by ksmbd_free_user, but another thread could operate on the session and use sess->user after it has been passed to ksmbd_free_user but before sess->user is set to NULL.

Risk Assessment

A use-after-free vulnerability can lead to memory corruption, system crashes, or potential code execution by an attacker. It affects systems using ksmbd with Kerberos authentication.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-37924. If updating is not possible, consider restricting or disabling the ksmbd service until the patch is applied.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS