smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel
CVE-2025-37750 · published 1 May 2025
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: c8c6af46286a513769650935ff858fc67cf51a6d to < 08160de2a65227e5b64fcb6765cd936ec384ee93, b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a to < aa5a1e4b882964eb79d5b5d1d1e8a1a5efbb1d15, b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a to < e859b216d94668bc66330e61be201234f4413d1a, b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a to < 950557922c1298464749c216d8763e97faf5d0a6
- Linux Linux: 6.12
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How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel
After commit f7025d861694 ("smb: client: allocate crypto only for
primary server") and commit b0abcd65ec54 ("smb: client: fix UAF in
async decryption"), the channels started reusing AEAD TFM from primary
channel to perform synchronous decryption, but that can't done as
there could be multiple cifsd threads (one per channel) simultaneously
accessing it to perform decryption.
This fixes the following KASAN splat when running fstest generic/249
with 'vers=3.1.1,multichannel,max_channels=4,seal' against Windows
Server 2022:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881046c18a0 by task cifsd/986
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 986 Comm: cifsd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1 #1
PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41
04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
print_report+0x156/0x528
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
? __virt_addr_valid+0x145/0x300
? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
kasan_report+0xdf/0x1a0
? gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
gf128mul_4k_lle+0xba/0x110
ghash_update+0x189/0x210
shash_ahash_update+0x295/0x370
? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_shash_ahash_update+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_extract_iter_to_sg+0x10/0x10
? ___kmalloc_large_node+0x10e/0x180
? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50
crypto_ahash_update+0x3c/0xc0
gcm_hash_assoc_remain_continue+0x93/0xc0
crypt_message+0xe09/0xec0 [cifs]
? __pfx_crypt_message+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? _raw_spin_unlock+0x23/0x40
? __pfx_cifs_readv_from_socket+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
decrypt_raw_data+0x229/0x380 [cifs]
? __pfx_decrypt_raw_data+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? __pfx_cifs_read_iter_from_socket+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
smb3_receive_transform+0x837/0xc80 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb3_receive_transform+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? __pfx___might_resched+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_smb3_is_transform_hdr+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x692/0x1570 [cifs]
? __pfx_cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50
? rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online+0x62/0xb0
? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90
? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20
? local_clock_noinstr+0xd/0xd0
? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xa8/0xe0
? __pfx_cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
kthread+0x1fe/0x380
? kthread+0x10f/0x380
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
? local_clock_noinstr+0xd/0xd0
? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x60
? local_clock+0x15/0x30
? lock_release+0x29b/0x390
? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x31/0x60
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/08160de2a65227e5b64fcb6765cd936ec384ee93
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5a1e4b882964eb79d5b5d1d1e8a1a5efbb1d15
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e859b216d94668bc66330e61be201234f4413d1a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/950557922c1298464749c216d8763e97faf5d0a6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9502dd5c7029902f4a425bf959917a5a9e7c0e50
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