CVE-2025-37778 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix…
Severity: High · Kind: Vulnerability
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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.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2025-37778
- CVSS
- 7.8
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