CVE-2025-22037

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in alloc_preauth_hash()

The Client send malformed smb2 negotiate request. ksmbd return error response. Subsequently, the client can send smb2 session setup even thought conn->preauth_info is not allocated. This patch add KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP status of connection to ignore session setup request if smb2 negotiate phase is not complete.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < cce57cd8c5dead24127cf2308fdd60fcad2d6ba6affected
LinuxLinux0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < ca8bed31edf728a662ef9d6f39f50e7a7dc2b5adaffected
LinuxLinux0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 8f216b33a5e1b3489c073b1ea1b3d7cb63c8dc4daffected
LinuxLinux0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < b8eb243e670ecf30e91524dd12f7260dac07d335affected
LinuxLinux0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < c8b5b7c5da7d0c31c9b7190b4a7bba5281fc4780affected
LinuxLinux5.15affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.15unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.107 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.23 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.13.11 <= 6.13.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.14.2 <= 6.14.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.15 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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