In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent
There is a race condition in the readdir concurrency process, which may
access the rsp buffer after it has been released, triggering the
following KASAN warning.
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880099b819c by task a.out/342975
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 342975 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.15.0-rc6+ #240 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
print_report+0xce/0x640
kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0
cifs_fill_dirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs]
cifs_readdir+0x12cb/0x3190 [cifs]
iterate_dir+0x1a1/0x520
__x64_sys_getdents+0x134/0x220
do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f996f64b9f9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89
f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01
f0 ff ff 0d f7 c3 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 8
RSP: 002b:00007f996f53de78 EFLAGS: 00000207 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f996f53ecdc RCX: 00007f996f64b9f9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f996f53dea0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000207 R12: ffffffffffffff88
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffc8cd9a500 R15: 00007f996f51e000
</TASK>
Allocated by task 408:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x117/0x3d0
mempool_alloc_noprof+0xf2/0x2c0
cifs_buf_get+0x36/0x80 [cifs]
allocate_buffers+0x1d2/0x330 [cifs]
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x22b/0x2690 [cifs]
kthread+0x394/0x720
ret_from_fork+0x34/0x70
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Freed by task 342979:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
__kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50
kmem_cache_free+0x2b8/0x500
cifs_buf_release+0x3c/0x70 [cifs]
cifs_readdir+0x1c97/0x3190 [cifs]
iterate_dir+0x1a1/0x520
__x64_sys_getdents64+0x134/0x220
do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880099b8000
which belongs to the cache cifs_request of size 16588
The buggy address is located 412 bytes inside of
freed 16588-byte region [ffff8880099b8000, ffff8880099bc0cc)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x99b8
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
anon flags: 0x80000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0080000000000003 ffffea0000266e01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff8880099b8080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8880099b8100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff8880099b8180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff8880099b8200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8880099b8280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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POC is available in the link [1].
The problem triggering process is as follows:
Process 1 Process 2
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent There is a race condition in the readdir concurrency process, which may access the rsp buffer after it has been released, triggering the following KASAN warning. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880099b819c by task a.out/342975 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 342975 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.15.0-rc6+ #240 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 print_report+0xce/0x640 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 cifs_fill_dirent+0xb03/0xb60 [cifs] cifs_readdir+0x12cb/0x3190 [cifs] iterate_dir+0x1a1/0x520 __x64_sys_getdents+0x134/0x220 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f996f64b9f9 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 0d f7 c3 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 8 RSP: 002b:00007f996f53de78 EFLAGS: 00000207 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f996f53ecdc RCX: 00007f996f64b9f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f996f53dea0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000207 R12: ffffffffffffff88 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffc8cd9a500 R15: 00007f996f51e000 </TASK> Allocated by task 408: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x117/0x3d0 mempool_alloc_noprof+0xf2/0x2c0 cifs_buf_get+0x36/0x80 [cifs] allocate_buffers+0x1d2/0x330 [cifs] cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x22b/0x2690 [cifs] kthread+0x394/0x720 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Freed by task 342979: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50 kmem_cache_free+0x2b8/0x500 cifs_buf_release+0x3c/0x70 [cifs] cifs_readdir+0x1c97/0x3190 [cifs] iterate_dir+0x1a1/0x520 __x64_sys_getdents64+0x134/0x220 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880099b8000 which belongs to the cache cifs_request of size 16588 The buggy address is located 412 bytes inside of freed 16588-byte region [ffff8880099b8000, ffff8880099bc0cc) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x99b8 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 anon flags: 0x80000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0080000000000040 ffff888001e03400 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 head: 0000000000000000 0000000000010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0080000000000003 ffffea0000266e01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff8880099b8080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8880099b8100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb >ffff8880099b8180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff8880099b8200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff8880099b8280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ================================================================== POC is available in the link [1]. The problem triggering process is as follows: Process 1 Process 2 ----------------------------------- ---truncated--- | |
Title | smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-06-18T09:33:32.805Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.979Z
Link: CVE-2025-38051

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-18T10:15:37.693
Modified: 2025-06-18T13:46:52.973
Link: CVE-2025-38051
