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CVE-2025-68263
published 2025-12-16

CVE-2025-68263: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request ipc_msg_send_request() waits for a…

PriorityP352critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.39%
30.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request ipc_msg_send_request() waits for a generic netlink reply using an ipc_msg_table_entry on the stack. The generic netlink handler (handle_generic_event()/handle_response()) fills entry->response under ipc_msg_table_lock, but ipc_msg_send_request() used to validate and free entry->response without holding the same lock. Under high concurrency this allows a race where handle_response() is copying data into entry->response while ipc_msg_send_request() has just freed it, leading to a slab-use-after-free reported by KASAN in handle_generic_event(): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in handle_generic_event+0x3c4/0x5f0 [ksmbd] Write of size 12 at addr ffff888198ee6e20 by task pool/109349 ... Freed by task: kvfree ipc_msg_send_request [ksmbd] ksmbd_rpc_open -> ksmbd_session_rpc_open [ksmbd] Fix by: - Taking ipc_msg_table_lock in ipc_msg_send_request() while validating entry->response, freeing it when invalid, and removing the entry from ipc_msg_table. - Returning the final entry->response pointer to the caller only after the hash entry is removed under the lock. - Returning NULL in the error path, preserving the original API semantics. This makes all accesses to entry->response consistent with handle_response(), which already updates and fills the response buffer under ipc_msg_table_lock, and closes the race that allowed the UAF.

Affected

62 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < de85fb58f9967ba024bb08e0041613d37b57b4d1de85fb58f9967ba024bb08e0041613d37b57b4d1
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 708a620b471a14466f1f52c90bf3f65ebdb31460708a620b471a14466f1f52c90bf3f65ebdb31460
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 5ac763713a1ef8f9a8bda1dbd81f0318d67baa4e5ac763713a1ef8f9a8bda1dbd81f0318d67baa4e
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 759c8c30cfa8706c518e56f67971b1f0932f4b9b759c8c30cfa8706c518e56f67971b1f0932f4b9b
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 8229c6ca50cea701e25a7ee25f48441b582ec5fa8229c6ca50cea701e25a7ee25f48441b582ec5fa
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 1fab1fa091f5aa97265648b53ea031deedd262351fab1fa091f5aa97265648b53ea031deedd26235
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.12-16.17.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-19.196.17.0-19.19
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15.0 < 6.1.1606.1.160
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.126.17.12
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.18.0 < 6.18.16.18.1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1206.6.120
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.626.12.62
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.117.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.119.3-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-5.15
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc6.3MEDIUM
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