ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request ipc_msg_send_request() waits for a generic netlink reply using an ipc_msg_table_entry on the stack. The generic netlink handler (handle_generic_event()/handle_response()) fills entry->response under ipc_msg_table_lock, but ipc_msg_send_request() used to validate and free entry->response without holding the same lock. Under high concurrency this allows a race where handle_response() is copying data into entry->response while ipc_msg_send_request() has just freed it, leading to a slab-use-after-free reported by KASAN in handle_generic_event(): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in handle_generic_event+0x3c4/0x5f0 [ksmbd] Write of size 12 at addr ffff888198ee6e20 by task pool/109349 ... Freed by task: kvfree ipc_msg_send_request [ksmbd] ksmbd_rpc_open -> ksmbd_session_rpc_open [ksmbd] Fix by: - Taking ipc_msg_table_lock in ipc_msg_send_request() while validating entry->response, freeing it when invalid, and removing the entry from ipc_msg_table. - Returning the final entry->response pointer to the caller only after the hash entry is removed under the lock. - Returning NULL in the error path, preserving the original API semantics. This makes all accesses to entry->response consistent with handle_response(), which already updates and fills the response buffer under ipc_msg_table_lock, and closes the race that allowed the UAF.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.62, 6.17.12, 6.18.1, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68263
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5fg-gwpm-pjw5
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de85fb58f9967ba024bb08e0041613d37b57b4d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708a620b471a14466f1f52c90bf3f65ebdb31460
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ac763713a1ef8f9a8bda1dbd81f0318d67baa4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759c8c30cfa8706c518e56f67971b1f0932f4b9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8229c6ca50cea701e25a7ee25f48441b582ec5fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fab1fa091f5aa97265648b53ea031deedd26235
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68263 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68263 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j5fg-gwpm-pjw5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68263 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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