Bug 2363341 (CVE-2025-37750)

Summary: CVE-2025-37750 kernel: smb: client: fix UAF in decryption with multichannel
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: ---
Doc Text:
A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's SMB client functionality. A local attacker with permissions to connect to arbitrary SMB servers with precise timing could exploit this flaw to alter system memory, leading to denials of service, alteration of sensitive memory locations, or privilege escalation.
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 14:04:31 UTC
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>

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 03:40:50 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050136-CVE-2025-37750-fdd8@gregkh/T

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-06-16 07:44:14 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2025:9079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9079

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-06-16 08:36:11 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:9080 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9080