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CVE-2025-38191

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2025-07-04 Modified: 2026-07-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in destroy_previous_session If client set ->PreviousSessionId on kerberos session setup stage, NULL pointer dereference error will happen. Since sess->user is not set yet, It can pass the user argument as NULL to destroy_previous_session. sess->user will be set in ksmbd_krb5_authenticate(). So this patch move calling destroy_previous_session() after ksmbd_krb5_authenticate().

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References