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CVE-2025-38562

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference error in generate_encryptionkey If client send two sess…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference error in generate_encryptionkey If client send two session setups with krb5 authenticate to ksmbd, null pointer dereference error in generate_encryptionkey could happen. sess->Preauth_HashValue is set to NULL if session is valid. So this patch skip generate encryption key if session is valid.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.15 before 6.1.148
from 6.2 before 6.6.102
from 6.7 before 6.12.42
from 6.13 before 6.15.10
from 6.16 before 6.16.1
DebianDebian Linux
Version 11.0

Weakness classification

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