Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc
CVE-2025-38575
Description
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.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78dmitre
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