8.8

CVE-2025-38437: ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38437DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38437
Published 25-07-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38437 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 22

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack If ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp return error, use-after-free can happen by accessing opinfo->state and opinfo_put and ksmbd_fd_put could called twice.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.06 pp

From 0.39% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu136 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < e38ec88a2b42c494601b1213816d75f0b54d9bf0 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 97c355989928a5f60b228ef5266c1be67a46cdf9 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 815f1161d6dbc4c54ccf94b7d3fdeab34b4d7477 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 8106adc21a2270c16abf69cd74ccd7c79c6e7acd | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 50f930db22365738d9387c974416f38a06e8057e | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 6.1.146 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.99 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.39 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.7 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4 | 6.16:rc5

3 vendors · 140 products

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