CVE-2025-38051: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifsfilldirent
There is a race condition in the readdir concurrency process, which may access the rsp buffer after it has been released, triggering the following KASAN warning.
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cifsfilldirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880099b819c by task a.out/342975
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 342975 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.15.0-rc6+ #240 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dumpstacklvl+0x53/0x70 printreport+0xce/0x640 kasanreport+0xb8/0xf0 cifsfilldirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs] cifsreaddir+0x12cb/0x3190 [cifs] iteratedir+0x1a1/0x520 x64sysgetdents+0x134/0x220 dosyscall64+0x4b/0x110 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f996f64b9f9 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 0d f7 c3 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 8 RSP: 002b:00007f996f53de78 EFLAGS: 00000207 ORIGRAX: 000000000000004e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f996f53ecdc RCX: 00007f996f64b9f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f996f53dea0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000207 R12: ffffffffffffff88 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffc8cd9a500 R15: 00007f996f51e000 </TASK>
Allocated by task 408: kasansavestack+0x20/0x40 kasansavetrack+0x14/0x30 kasanslaballoc+0x6e/0x70 kmemcacheallocnoprof+0x117/0x3d0 mempoolallocnoprof+0xf2/0x2c0 cifsbufget+0x36/0x80 [cifs] allocatebuffers+0x1d2/0x330 [cifs] cifsdemultiplexthread+0x22b/0x2690 [cifs] kthread+0x394/0x720 retfromfork+0x34/0x70 retfromforkasm+0x1a/0x30
Freed by task 342979: kasansavestack+0x20/0x40 kasansavetrack+0x14/0x30 kasansavefreeinfo+0x3b/0x60 kasanslabfree+0x37/0x50 kmemcachefree+0x2b8/0x500 cifsbufrelease+0x3c/0x70 [cifs] cifsreaddir+0x1c97/0x3190 [cifs] iteratedir+0x1a1/0x520 x64sysgetdents64+0x134/0x220 dosyscall64+0x4b/0x110 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x76/0x7e
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880099b8000 which belongs to the cache cifsrequest of size 16588 The buggy address is located 412 bytes inside of freed 16588-byte region [ffff8880099b8000, ffff8880099bc0cc)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x99b8 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entiremapcount:0 nrpagesmapped:0 pincount:0 anon flags: 0x80000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1) pagetype: f5(slab) raw: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 head: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0080000000000003 ffffea0000266e01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address: ffff8880099b8080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8880099b8100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb >ffff8880099b8180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff8880099b8200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8880099b8280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ==================================================================
POC is available in the link [1].
The problem triggering process is as follows:
Process 1 Process 2 ----------------------------------- ---truncated---
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2025-38051?
CVE-2025-38051 has a moderate severity rating due to the potential for a race condition leading to a use-after-free error.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38051?
To fix CVE-2025-38051, update your Linux kernel to a version that includes the patches addressing this issue.
Which versions of the Linux kernel are affected by CVE-2025-38051?
CVE-2025-38051 affects several Linux kernel versions including versions from 2.6.27 up to pre-release version 6.15-rc7.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-38051?
CVE-2025-38051 is a use-after-free vulnerability caused by a race condition in the readdir concurrency process.
What are the potential impacts of CVE-2025-38051?
The impacts of CVE-2025-38051 may include memory corruption or crashes, which could lead to denial of service conditions.