CVE-2025-37777 (GCVE-0-2025-37777)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-01 13:07
Modified
2026-08-05 11:57
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 __smb2_lease_break_noti() Move tcp_transport free to ksmbd_conn_free. If ksmbd connection is referenced when ksmbd server thread terminates, It will not be freed, but conn->tcp_transport is freed. __smb2_lease_break_noti can be performed asynchronously when the connection is disconnected. __smb2_lease_break_noti calls ksmbd_conn_write, which can cause use-after-free when conn->ksmbd_transport is already freed.
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Linux Linux Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
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