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CVE-2025-38575ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < 571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529a
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < 1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < 3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78d
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < 46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e
- affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – < 6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a
- affected 5.15
- unaffected < 5.15
- unaffected 5.15.180 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.134 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.87 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.23 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13.11 – ≤ 6.13.*
- unaffected 6.14.2 – ≤ 6.14.*
- unaffected 6.15 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-11822 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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