CVE-2025-37778

Name	CVE-2025-37778
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.234-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.129-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.135-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.12.27-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.135-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.25-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/1e440d5b25b7efccb3defe542a73c51005799a5f (6.15-rc3)