CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Linux. Its EPSS score suggests a 65.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Original NVD Description
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.
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