CVE-2025-38527 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-38527

smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break A race condition can occur in cifs_oplock_break() leading to a use-after-free of the cinode structure when unmounting: cifs_oplock_break() _cifsFileInfo_put(cfile) cifsFileInfo_put_final() cifs_sb_deactive() [last ref, start releasing sb] kill_sb() kill_anon_super() generic_shutdown_super() evict_inodes() dispose_list() evict() destroy_inode() call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, i_callback) spin_lock(&cinode->open_file_lock) <- OK [later] i_callback() cifs_free_inode() kmem_cache_free(cinode) spin_unlock(&cinode->open_file_lock) <- UAF cifs_done_oplock_break(cinode) <- UAF The issue occurs when umount has already released its reference to the superblock. When _cifsFileInfo_put() calls cifs_sb_deactive(), this releases the last reference, triggering the immediate cleanup of all inodes under RCU. However, cifs_oplock_break() continues to access the cinode after this point, resulting in use-after-free. Fix this by holding an extra reference to the superblock during the entire oplock break operation. This ensures that the superblock and its inodes remain valid until the oplock break completes.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
b98749cac4a695f084a5ff076f4510b23e353ecd, 2429fcf06d3cb962693868ab0a927c9038f12a2d, 1ee4f2d7cdcd4508cc3cbe3b2622d7177b89da12, 53fc31a4853e30d6e8f142b824f724da27ff3e40, 8092ecc306d81186a64cda42411121f4d35aaff4, ebac4d0adf68f8962bd82fcf483936edd6ec095b, 3.16.72, 4.9.171, 4.14.114, 4.19.37, 5.0.10, 5.1, 0, 5.15.190, 6.1.147, 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16

Timeline

Official Publish: August 16th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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