{"cve":"CVE-2025-38575","nvd":{"published":"2025-04-18T07:15:43.717","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:08.580","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc\n\nUse aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory\nallocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data\nis zeroed before being freed.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:11.054312287+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38575","score":0.00269,"percentile":0.1912,"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."]}