VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-38562

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability11.88%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2025-08-19

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference error in generate_encryptionkey If client send two session setups with krb5 authenticate to ksmbd, null pointer dereference error in generate_encryptionkey could happen. sess->Preauth_HashValue is set to NULL if session is valid. So this patch skip generate encryption key if session is valid.