medium5.5
CVE-2025-38575
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.15 before 5.15.180 from 5.16 before 6.1.134 from 6.2 before 6.6.87 from 6.7 before 6.12.23 from 6.13 before 6.13.11 from 6.14 before 6.14.2 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html