In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in kerberos authentication Setting sess->user = NULL was introduced to fix the dangling pointer created…
Critical CVSS 9.8
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in kerberos authentication Setting sess->user = NULL was introduced to fix the dangling pointer created by ksmbd_free_user. However, it is possible another thread could be operating on the session and make use of sess->user after it has been passed to ksmbd_free_user but before sess->user is set to NULL.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- :
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c756738af44a404a91b77830d017bb0c525890 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b447463562238428503cfba1c913261047772f90 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e18c616718018dfc440e4a2d2b94e28fe91b1861 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e34a33d5d7e87399af0a138bb32f6a3e95dd83d2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e86e9134e1d1c90a960dd57f59ce574d27b9a124 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html Mailing List
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD