# CVE-2025-37750: smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel SMB client allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code when multichannel encryption is enabled.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-69737, BELL-CVE-2025-37750, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37750, GHSA-r3p6-jggx-m3qg, RHSA-2025:9393, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-37750, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37750, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37750

## What is CVE-2025-37750?

CVE-2025-37750 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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>

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37750?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1-2.el9_6 |
| `kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1-2.el9_6 |
| `kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1-2.el9_6 |

Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37750?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37750 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37750 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37750/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37750/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37750
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37750
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37750

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