Vulnerability Database

318,756

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2025-38562

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.

  • Published: Aug 19, 2025
  • Updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2025-38562
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs: