{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-21967", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.796Z", "datePublished": "2025-04-01T15:47:02.364Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:55:43.302Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:55:43.302Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct\n\n->interim_entry of ksmbd_work could be deleted after oplock is freed.\nWe don't need to manage it with linked list. The interim request could be\nimmediately sent whenever a oplock break wait is needed." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - ksmbd is the in-kernel SMB server listening on TCP/445, and the entire trigger sequence (a CREATE requesting a batch oplock/write lease on one connection, a conflicting overwrite CREATE plus a close/disconnect on a second) is driven purely by remote SMB2 protocol traffic. No local access to the target is required.\nAC:L - The double `list_add` of the same `work->interim_entry` in `smb2_open()` is deterministic, not racy, and the attacker owns both connections so it chooses exactly when the peer's `oplock_info` is released relative to `ksmbd_free_work_struct()`, and can loop the sequence indefinitely. Per guidance, an attacker-created ordering and a use-after-free are Low.\nPR:L - Reaching `smb_grant_oplock()`/`smb_break_all_oplock()` requires a completed SESSION_SETUP, TREE_CONNECT and SMB2 CREATE, so an authenticated but otherwise unprivileged share account (including a mapped guest) is needed. This matches the scoring of the sibling post-authentication ksmbd oplock UAFs.\nUI:N - The attacker drives every step from its own two SMB sessions — take the oplock, issue the conflicting overwrite CREATE, then close or drop the first connection. No administrator or other client has to do anything.\nS:U - The list corruption and its consequences stay entirely within the kernel's own security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The stale `interim_list` head lets `smb2_lease_break_noti()` treat reclaimed heap memory as a `struct ksmbd_work`, dereferencing its `conn`, `sess`, and `request_buf` fields, and `smb2_send_interim_resp()` then transmits data derived from that object back to the attacker — an arbitrary kernel memory disclosure primitive after a heap spray.\nI:H - `list_del()` in `ksmbd_free_work_struct()` writes two attacker-influenced kernel heap pointers at a fixed offset into a freed kmalloc-256 slot that the attacker can reclaim with a chosen object, and the fake-`ksmbd_work` path yields further controlled pointer writes and indirect calls, giving control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Even unweaponized, the `list_del` on freed memory trips `CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST`/`BUG()` or silently corrupts the slab, and walking the dangling `interim_list` oopses the ksmbd worker; the attacker can repeat it at will to keep the file server down." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/server/ksmbd_work.c", "fs/smb/server/ksmbd_work.h", "fs/smb/server/oplock.c", "fs/smb/server/oplock.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf", "lessThan": "fb776765bfc21d5e4ed03bb3d4406c2b86ff1ac3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf", "lessThan": "62746ae3f5414244a96293e3b017be637b641280", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf", "lessThan": "eb51f6f59d19b92f6fe84d3873f958495ab32f0a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf", "lessThan": "bb39ed47065455604729404729d9116868638d31", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/server/ksmbd_work.c", "fs/smb/server/ksmbd_work.h", "fs/smb/server/oplock.c", "fs/smb/server/oplock.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.15", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.84", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.20", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.13.8", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.84" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.20" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.13.8" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.14" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb776765bfc21d5e4ed03bb3d4406c2b86ff1ac3" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62746ae3f5414244a96293e3b017be637b641280" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb51f6f59d19b92f6fe84d3873f958495ab32f0a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb39ed47065455604729404729d9116868638d31" } ], "title": "ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.8, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2025-21967", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-04-16T13:14:51.011092Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-416", "description": "CWE-416 Use After Free" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-04-16T13:19:52.457Z" } } ] } }