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CVE-2025-37778

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2025-05-01 Modified: 2026-08-04

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References