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ksmbd: fix session use-after-free in multichannel connection

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix session use-after-free in multichannel connection There is a race condition between session setup and ksmbd_sessions_deregister. The session can be freed before the connection is added to channel list of session. This patch check reference count of session before freeing it.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.134, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.6.87
CVEs
CVE-2025-22040
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 00:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ksmbd: fix session use-after-free in multichannel connection

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Apr 2025, 14:11 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix session use-after-free in multichannel connection There is a race condition between session setup and ksmbd_sessions_deregister. The session can be freed before the connection is added to channel list of session. This patch check reference count of session before freeing it.

osv:CVE-2025-22040

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2

Complete source record
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