Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57925ksmbd: fix a missing return value check bug

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity null pointer dereference in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix a missing return value check bug In the smb2_send_interim_resp(), if ksmbd_alloc_work_struct() fails to allocate a node, it returns a NULL pointer to the in_work pointer. This can lead to an illegal memory write of in_work->response_buf when allocate_interim_rsp_buf() attempts to perform a kzalloc() on it. To address this issue, incorporating a check for the return value of ksmbd_alloc_work_struct() ensures that the function returns immediately upon allocation failure, thereby preventing the aforementioned illegal memory access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.128-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57925
Debian:12linux6.1.128-1DSA-5860-1
Debian:13linux6.12.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57925
Debian:14linux6.12.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-135.146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-60.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1080.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1084.93UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1029.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1084.93.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1079.88UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1030.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1077.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1062.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1072.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1026.26~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1076.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-135.146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-60.63.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1074.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1028.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1028.31.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1077.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1026.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1074.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-60.63.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-62.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1044.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57925

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 6f0207218c4c125f5bf32055ac4220b4ef3b7e67 – before 781c743e18bfd9b7dc0383f036ae952bd1486f21f8cf1ebb7de62c7d807707ce4abb69d483629263 – before ee7e40f7fb17f08a8cbae50553e5c2e10ae32fce041bba4414cda37d00063952c9bff9c3d5812a19 – before 271ae0edbfc942795c162e6cf20d2bc02bd7fde4041bba4414cda37d00063952c9bff9c3d5812a19 – before 2976e91a3e569cf2c92c9f71512c0ab1312fe965041bba4414cda37d00063952c9bff9c3d5812a19 – before 4c16e1cadcbcaf3c82d5fc310fbd34d0f5d0db7c5.15.145 – before 5.15.1776.1.71 – before 6.1.125
Linux Linux 6.6

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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