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ksmbd: fix use-after-free in __smb2_lease_break_noti()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.26, 6.14.4, 6.6.101
CVEs
CVE-2025-37777
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 03:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ksmbd: fix use-after-free in __smb2_lease_break_noti()

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2025, 13:07 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-37777

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.101, 6.12.26, 6.14.4

Complete source record
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