Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38488 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=8f14a476abba13144df5434871a7225fd29af633 <5d047b12f86cc3b9fde1171c02d9bccf4dba0632 || >=ef51c0d544b1518b35364480317ab6d3468f205d <6550b2bef095d0dd2d2c8390d2ea4c3837028833 || >=bce966530fd5542bbb422cb45ecb775f7a1a6bc3 <9a1d3e8d40f151c2d5a5f40c410e6e433f62f438 || >=0809fb86ad13b29e1d6d491364fc7ea4fb545995 <15a0a5de49507062bc3be4014a403d8cea5533de || >=b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a <2a76bc2b24ed889a689fb1c9015307bf16aafb5b || >=b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a <8ac90f6824fc44d2e55a82503ddfc95defb19ae0 || >=b0abcd65ec545701b8793e12bc27dc98042b151a <b220bed63330c0e1733dc06ea8e75d5b9962b6b6 || 538c26d9bf70c90edc460d18c81008a4e555925a || >=5.10.237 <5.10.241 || >=5.15.181 <5.15.190 || >=6.1.128 <6.1.147 || >=6.6.57 <6.6.100 || >=6.11.4 <6.12 | 5d047b12f86cc3b9fde1171c02d9bccf4dba0632, 6550b2bef095d0dd2d2c8390d2ea4c3837028833, 9a1d3e8d40f151c2d5a5f40c410e6e433f62f438, 15a0a5de49507062bc3be4014a403d8cea5533de, 2a76bc2b24ed889a689fb1c9015307bf16aafb5b, 8ac90f6824fc44d2e55a82503ddfc95defb19ae0, b220bed63330c0e1733dc06ea8e75d5b9962b6b6, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.147, 6.6.100, 6.12 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 28, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto The CVE-2024-50047 fix removed asynchronous crypto handling from crypt_message(), assuming all crypto operations are synchronous. However, when hardware crypto accelerators are used, this can cause use-after-free crashes: crypt_message() // Allocate the creq buffer containing the req creq = smb2_get_aead_req(..., &req); // Async encryption returns -EINPROGRESS immediately rc = enc ? crypto_aead_encrypt(req) : crypto_aead_decrypt(req); // Free creq while async operation is still in progress kvfree_sensitive(creq, ...); Hardware crypto modules often implement async AEAD operations for performance. When crypto_aead_encrypt/decrypt() returns -EINPROGRESS, the operation completes asynchronously. Without crypto_wait_req(), the function immediately frees the request buffer, leading to crashes when the driver later accesses the freed memory. This results in a use-after-free condition when the hardware crypto driver later accesses the freed request structure, leading to kernel crashes with NULL pointer dereferences. The issue occurs because crypto_alloc_aead() with mask=0 doesn't guarantee synchronous operation. Even without CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC in the mask, async implementations can be selected. Fix by restoring the async crypto handling: - DECLARE_CRYPTO_WAIT(wait) for completion tracking - aead_request_set_callback() for async completion notification - crypto_wait_req() to wait for operation completion This ensures the request buffer isn't freed until the crypto operation completes, whether synchronous or asynchronous, while preserving the CVE-2024-50047 fix.
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