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CVE-2025-21967

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct ->interim_entry of ksmbd_work could b…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_free_work_struct ->interim_entry of ksmbd_work could be deleted after oplock is freed. We don't need to manage it with linked list. The interim request could be immediately sent whenever a oplock break wait is needed.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-04-01 16:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.15 <6.6.84, ≥6.7 <6.12.20, ≥6.13 <6.13.8, 6.14

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62746ae3f5414244a96293e3b017be637b641280
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb39ed47065455604729404729d9116868638d31
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb51f6f59d19b92f6fe84d3873f958495ab32f0a
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb776765bfc21d5e4ed03bb3d4406c2b86ff1ac3

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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