ksmbd: fix Preauh_HashValue race condition
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix Preauh_HashValue race condition If client send multiple session setup requests to ksmbd, Preauh_HashValue race condition could happen. There is no need to free sess->Preauh_HashValue at session setup phase. It can be freed together with session at connection termination phase.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.148, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.6.102
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38561
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 18:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ksmbd: fix Preauh_HashValue race condition
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 19 Aug 2025, 17:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix Preauh_HashValue race condition If client send multiple session setup requests to ksmbd, Preauh_HashValue race condition could happen. There is no need to free sess->Preauh_HashValue at session setup phase. It can be freed together with session at connection termination phase.
osv:CVE-2025-38561
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.148, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1
Complete source record
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