CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21967

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a use-after-free vulnerability was found in the ksmbd file system in the ksmbd_free_work_struct function. The interim_entry of ksmbd_work could be deleted after the oplock is freed, leading to memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability for remote code execution or privilege escalation on systems with the SMB server (ksmbd) enabled.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that removes interim_entry management from the linked list.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct ->interim_entry of ksmbd_work could be deleted after oplock is freed. We don't need to manage it with linked list. The interim request could be immediately sent whenever a oplock break wait is needed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS