CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2025-37778
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.51%
Linux
Original NVD Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix dangling pointer in krb_authenticate krb_authenticate frees sess->user and does not set the pointer to NULL. It calls ksmbd_krb5_authenticate to reinitialise sess->user but that function may return without doing so. If that happens then smb2_sess_setup, which calls krb_authenticate, will be accessing free'd memory when it later uses sess->user.
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