{"cve":"CVE-2024-53185","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:25.973","modified":"2026-08-04T11:22:02.760","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix NULL ptr deref in crypto_aead_setkey()\n\nNeither SMB3.0 or SMB3.02 supports encryption negotiate context, so\nwhen SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_ENCRYPTION flag is set in the negotiate response,\nthe client uses AES-128-CCM as the default cipher.  See MS-SMB2\n3.3.5.4.\n\nCommit b0abcd65ec54 (\"smb: client: fix UAF in async decryption\") added\na @server->cipher_type check to conditionally call\nsmb3_crypto_aead_allocate(), but that check would always be false as\n@server->cipher_type is unset for SMB3.02.\n\nFix the following KASAN splat by setting @server->cipher_type for\nSMB3.02 as well.\n\nmount.cifs //srv/share /mnt -o vers=3.02,seal,...\n\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in crypto_aead_setkey+0x2c/0x130\nRead of size 8 at addr 0000000000000020 by task mount.cifs/1095\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1095 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 6.12.0 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41\n04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80\n ? crypto_aead_setkey+0x2c/0x130\n kasan_report+0xda/0x110\n ? crypto_aead_setkey+0x2c/0x130\n crypto_aead_setkey+0x2c/0x130\n crypt_message+0x258/0xec0 [cifs]\n ? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50\n ? __pfx_crypt_message+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? mark_lock+0xb0/0x6a0\n ? hlock_class+0x32/0xb0\n ? mark_lock+0xb0/0x6a0\n smb3_init_transform_rq+0x352/0x3f0 [cifs]\n ? lock_acquire.part.0+0xf4/0x2a0\n smb_send_rqst+0x144/0x230 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb_send_rqst+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? hlock_class+0x32/0xb0\n ? smb2_setup_request+0x225/0x3a0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_compound_last_callback+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n compound_send_recv+0x59b/0x1140 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_compound_send_recv+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? __create_object+0x5e/0x90\n ? hlock_class+0x32/0xb0\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x9a/0xf0\n cifs_send_recv+0x23/0x30 [cifs]\n SMB2_tcon+0x3ec/0xb30 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_SMB2_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? lock_acquire.part.0+0xf4/0x2a0\n ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10\n ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xc6/0x120\n ? lock_acquire+0x3f/0x90\n ? _get_xid+0x16/0xd0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_SMB2_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? cifs_get_smb_ses+0xcdd/0x10a0 [cifs]\n cifs_get_smb_ses+0xcdd/0x10a0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_get_smb_ses+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? cifs_get_tcp_session+0xaa0/0xca0 [cifs]\n cifs_mount_get_session+0x8a/0x210 [cifs]\n dfs_mount_share+0x1b0/0x11d0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? lock_acquire.part.0+0xf4/0x2a0\n ? find_held_lock+0x8a/0xa0\n ? hlock_class+0x32/0xb0\n ? lock_release+0x203/0x5d0\n cifs_mount+0xb3/0x3d0 [cifs]\n ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xc6/0x120\n ? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? lock_acquire+0x3f/0x90\n ? find_nls+0x16/0xa0\n ? smb3_update_mnt_flags+0x372/0x3b0 [cifs]\n cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1e2/0xc80 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_vfs_parse_fs_string+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n smb3_get_tree+0x1bf/0x330 [cifs]\n vfs_get_tree+0x4a/0x160\n path_mount+0x3c1/0xfb0\n ? kasan_quarantine_put+0xc7/0x1d0\n ? __pfx_path_mount+0x10/0x10\n ? kmem_cache_free+0x118/0x3e0\n ? user_path_at+0x74/0xa0\n __x64_sys_mount+0x1a6/0x1e0\n ? __pfx___x64_sys_mount+0x10/0x10\n ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476","CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22127c1dc04364cda3da812161e70921e6c3c0af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44c495818d9c4a741ab9e6bc9203ccc9f55f6f40","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46f8e25926817272ec8d5bfbd003569bdeb9a8c8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a788ebbb10db9da453d52eaf44a41c13dc446df","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bdec0d1f658f7c98749bd2c5a486e6cfa8565d2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53185","score":0.00481,"percentile":0.41478,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}