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Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38575ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38575
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DSA-5907-1
Debian:13linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38575
Debian:14linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-86.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1086.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1041.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1091.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1041.47UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1091.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1029.32UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1085.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1038.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1025.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1078.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1082.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-86.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1080.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1041.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1041.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1038.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1080.83UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1041.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529ae2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758ce2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78de2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16ee2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 – before 6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a
Linux Linux 5.15

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