CVE-2025-38437: ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack
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.
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 28 · Related 22Timeline
- 25-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last 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- 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
0.45%
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
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.
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
References
33 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory