GHSA-gvg4-xh6r-ggrpMediumCVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer...

Published
April 16, 2025
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in alloc_preauth_hash()

The Client send malformed smb2 negotiate request. ksmbd return error response. Subsequently, the client can send smb2 session setup even thought conn->preauth_info is not allocated. This patch add KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP status of connection to ignore session setup request if smb2 negotiate phase is not complete.

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