CVE-2025-21967 (GCVE-0-2025-21967)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-01 15:47
Modified
2026-08-05 11:55
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct ->interim_entry of ksmbd_work could be deleted after oplock is freed. We don't need to manage it with linked list. The interim request could be immediately sent whenever a oplock break wait is needed.
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Linux Linux Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
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Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
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