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.
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4193-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2025-13044 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7594-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7594-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7594-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Thu, 01 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | ksmbd: Fix dangling pointer in krb_authenticate | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T19:54:55.466Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.940Z
Link: CVE-2025-37778
No data.
Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2025-05-01T14:15:41.617
Modified: 2025-11-03T20:18:33.913
Link: CVE-2025-37778
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
No weakness.
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN