SB2025080622 - Remote denial of service in Linux kernel ksmbd



SB2025080622 - Remote denial of service in Linux kernel ksmbd

Published: August 6, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025080622
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32255)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the smb2_sess_setup() function in fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c of the ksmbd component. A remote attacker can send a session setup request with unknown NTLMSSP message type and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.