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ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff The sess->user object can currently be in use by another thread, for example if another connection has sent a session setup request to bind to the session being free'd. The handler for that connection could be in the smb2_sess_setup function which makes use of sess->user.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.159, 6.12.28, 6.14.6, 6.6.119
CVEs
CVE-2025-37899
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 May 2025, 15:21 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in session logoff The sess->user object can currently be in use by another thread, for example if another connection has sent a session setup request to bind to the session being free'd. The handler for that connection could be in the smb2_sess_setup function which makes use of sess->user.

osv:CVE-2025-37899

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.159, 6.6.119, 6.12.28, 6.14.6

Complete source record
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