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        "datePublished": "2025-08-16T13:27:57.332Z",
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                            "value": "AV:N - The vulnerable code is in ksmbd (fs/smb/server/), the in-kernel SMB server reachable over TCP/445; a remote attacker triggers it by sending a crafted compound SMB2 request to a listening ksmbd instance.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls the compound PDU layout and can reliably place SMB2_ECHO (or NEGOTIATE/SESSION_SETUP) first so session/tree validation is skipped for subsequent commands; no race or attacker-uncontrollable condition is required.\nPR:N - SMB2_ECHO/NEGOTIATE/SESSION_SETUP bypass smb2_check_user_session() without credentials, and with work->sess left NULL signing checks are also skipped, so the crash path is reachable pre-authentication over the network.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only attacker-sent SMB2 compound packets to an already-running ksmbd listener; no victim user or administrator action is needed.\nS:U - Impact is confined to the host kernel/ksmbd security authority (kernel oops/DoS on the SMB server host); this is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-authority boundary change.\nC:N - The defect is a pure NULL pointer dereference (e.g. tcon->share_conf with tcon NULL in smb2_open); it does not provide an information-disclosure or arbitrary-read primitive.\nI:N - The bug yields a NULL dereference crash rather than an out-of-bounds write, UAF, or other integrity/control-flow corruption primitive.\nA:H - Subsequent compound commands dereference NULL session/tree pointers, causing a kernel oops that an unauthenticated remote attacker can retrigger at will, denying service to ksmbd and potentially the host."
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