CVE-2025-37899
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff The sess->user object can currently be in use by another thread, for example if another connection has sent a session setup request to bind…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff The sess->user object can currently be in use by another thread, for example if another connection has sent a session setup request to bind to the session being free'd. The handler for that connection could be in the smb2_sess_setup function which makes use of sess->user.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d16046cd11a5c037b28c12ffb818c56dd3ef43Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc9feff45d92a92cd5f96487655d5be23fb7e2bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ad6455139e26e85f48f95d0e21f351c1909342
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/931dc8a3670f71c45c0b1379ea4e92dafbda1aca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ec1d79509b3ee01de02c236f096bc050221b7fPatch
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081338Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.