CVE-2025-37899
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.0%
60.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2025-05-20 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-05-20 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
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.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d16046cd11a5c037b28c12ffb818c56dd3ef43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc9feff45d92a92cd5f96487655d5be23fb7e2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ad6455139e26e85f48f95d0e21f351c1909342
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/931dc8a3670f71c45c0b1379ea4e92dafbda1aca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ec1d79509b3ee01de02c236f096bc050221b7f
- exploit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081338
- exploit https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/