CVE-2025-37926: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_session_rpc_open
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-37926 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 15Timeline
- 20-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_session_rpc_open A UAF issue can occur due to a race condition between ksmbd_session_rpc_open() and __session_rpc_close(). Add rpc_lock to the session to protect it.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.57%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.02 pp
From 0.55% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu133 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-117.117
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1055.58
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < a4348710a7267705b75692dc1a000920481d1d92 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 1067361a1cc6ad9cdf7acfc47f90012b72ad1502 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 8fb3b6c85b7e3127161623586b62abcc366caa20 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 6323fec65fe54b365961fed260dd579191e46121 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < a1f46c99d9ea411f9bf30025b912d881d36fc709 | 5.15
- linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 6.12.28 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.6 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3 | 6.15:rc4
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.29-1
3 vendors · 136 products