CVE-2025-37924

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Published 2026-07-01 Β· Modified β€”
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker Β· View original β†— Β· DFSG

CVE-2025-37924 NameCVE-2025-37924 DescriptionIn 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…

CVE-2025-37924

NameCVE-2025-37924
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4271-1, DSA-5925-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.257-1fixed
bookworm6.1.170-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.174-1fixed
trixie6.12.86-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.94-1fixed
forky, sid7.0.13-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.174-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye(not affected)
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.140-1DSA-5925-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.12.29-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.140-1~deb11u1DLA-4271-1

Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e86e9134e1d1c90a960dd57f59ce574d27b9a124 (6.15-rc5)

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[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)https://git.kernel.org/linus/e86e9134e1d1c90a960dd57f59ce574d27b9a124 (6.15-rc5)

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 6.12.29-1
sid Fixed 6.12.29-1
forky Fixed 6.12.29-1
bullseye Fixed 0
bookworm Fixed 6.1.140-1
ubuntu Ubuntu Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
jammy Fixed 5.15.0.1111.114
focal Fixed 5.15.0.1111.118~20.04.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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