CVE-2025-37952Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free42 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix UAF in __close_file_table_ids A use-after-free is possible if one thread destroys the file via __ksmbd_close_fd while another thread holds a reference to it. The existing checks on fp->refcount are not sufficient to prevent this. The fix takes ft->lock around the section which removes the file from the file table. This prevents two threads acquiring the same file pointer via __close_file_table_ids, as well as the o

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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