{"cve":"CVE-2025-37750","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T13:15:53.740","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:06.017","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel\n\nAfter commit f7025d861694 (\"smb: client: allocate crypto only for\nprimary server\") and commit b0abcd65ec54 (\"smb: client: fix UAF in\nasync decryption\"), the channels started reusing AEAD TFM from primary\nchannel to perform synchronous decryption, but that can't done as\nthere could be multiple cifsd threads (one per channel) simultaneously\naccessing it to perform decryption.\n\nThis fixes the following KASAN splat when running fstest generic/249\nwith 'vers=3.1.1,multichannel,max_channels=4,seal' against Windows\nServer 2022:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff8881046c18a0 by task cifsd/986\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 986 Comm: cifsd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1 #1\nPREEMPT(voluntary)\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 print_report+0x156/0x528\n ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x145/0x300\n ? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90\n ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110\n kasan_report+0xdf/0x1a0\n ? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110\n gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110\n ghash_update+0x189/0x210\n shash_ahash_update+0x295/0x370\n ? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_extract_iter_to_sg+0x10/0x10\n ? ___kmalloc_large_node+0x10e/0x180\n ? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50\n crypto_ahash_update+0x3c/0xc0\n gcm_hash_assoc_remain_continue+0x93/0xc0\n crypt_message+0xe09/0xec0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_crypt_message+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x23/0x40\n ? __pfx_cifs_readv_from_socket+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n decrypt_raw_data+0x229/0x380 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_decrypt_raw_data+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_read_iter_from_socket+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n smb3_receive_transform+0x837/0xc80 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb3_receive_transform+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? __pfx___might_resched+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_smb3_is_transform_hdr+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x692/0x1570 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50\n ? rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online+0x62/0xb0\n ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90\n ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20\n ? local_clock_noinstr+0xd/0xd0\n ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xa8/0xe0\n ? __pfx_cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n kthread+0x1fe/0x380\n ? kthread+0x10f/0x380\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ? local_clock_noinstr+0xd/0xd0\n ? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x60\n ? local_clock+0x15/0x30\n ? lock_release+0x29b/0x390\n ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x31/0x60\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08160de2a65227e5b64fcb6765cd936ec384ee93","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9502dd5c7029902f4a425bf959917a5a9e7c0e50","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/950557922c1298464749c216d8763e97faf5d0a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5a1e4b882964eb79d5b5d1d1e8a1a5efbb1d15","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e859b216d94668bc66330e61be201234f4413d1a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37750","score":0.00468,"percentile":0.40276,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}