Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37750)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37750). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel
After commit f7025d861694 ("smb: client: allocate crypto only for
primary server") and commit b0abcd65ec54 ("smb: client: fix UAF in
async decryption"), the channels started reusing AEAD TFM from primary
channel to perform synchronous decryption, but that can't done as
there could be multiple cifsd threads (one per channel) simultaneously
accessing it to perform decryption.
This fixes the following KASAN splat when running fstest generic/249
with 'vers=3.1.1,multichannel,max_channels=4,seal' against Windows
Server 2022:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881046c18a0 by task cifsd/986
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 986 Comm: cifsd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1 #1
PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41
04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
print_report+0x156/0x528
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
? __virt_addr_valid+0x145/0x300
? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
kasan_report+0xdf/0x1a0
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
ghash_update+0x189/0x210
shash_ahash_update+0x295/0x370
? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_extract_iter_to_sg+0x10/0x10
? ___kmalloc_large_node+0x10e/0x180
? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50
crypto_ahash_update+0x3c/0xc0
gcm_hash_assoc_remain_continue+0…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-37750 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-37750" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-37750 (Linux kernel) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Use-after-free (CWE-416) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-37750 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37750 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37750 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org