CVE-2025-38575
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ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
April 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38575
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78d
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38575.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38575