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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 …

Critical CVSS 9.8
CVECVE-2025-37778
First seen2026-10-16 00:30 UTC
Disclosed2025-05-01 14:15 UTC
Last updated2026-10-16 00:30 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD