CVE-2025-21944: ksmbd: fix bug on trap in smb2_lock
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 11e0e74e14f1832a95092f2c98ed3b99f57797ee, 2b70e3ac79eacbdf32571f7af48dd81cdd957ca8, 8994f0ce8259f812b4f4a681d8298c6ff682efaa.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 11e0e74e14f1832a95092f2c98ed3b99f57797ee, 2b70e3ac79eacbdf32571f7af48dd81cdd957ca8, 8994f0ce8259f812b4f4a681d8298c6ff682efaa or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix bug on trap in smb2_lock If lock count is greater than 1, flags could be old value. It should be checked with flags of smb_lock, not flags. It will cause bug-on trap from locks_free_lock in error handling routine.
- Published
- Apr 1, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 4th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-667
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.15 and later · before 6.1.131
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.83
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.19
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.13.7
- linux linux kernel6.14
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.15affected
- 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf and later · before 11e0e74e14f1832a95092f2c98ed3b99f57797eeaffected · git
- 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf and later · before 8994f0ce8259f812b4f4a681d8298c6ff682efaaaffected · git
- 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf and later · before dbcd7fdd86f77529210fe8978154a81cd479844caffected · git
- 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf and later · before 2b70e3ac79eacbdf32571f7af48dd81cdd957ca8affected · git
- 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf and later · before e26e2d2e15daf1ab33e0135caf2304a0cfa2744baffected · git
- before 5.15not affected · semver
- 6.1.131 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.83 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.19 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.133-1 | 6.1.133-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.19-1 | 6.12.19-1 |
Same product
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- CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV89Now
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-21941Apr 1, 2025 · drm/amd/display: Fix null check for pipe_ctx->plane_state in resource_build_scaling_params22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-21943Apr 1, 2025 · gpio: aggregator: protect driver attr handlers against module unload18Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-21945Apr 1, 2025 · ksmbd: fix use-after-free in smb2_lock31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 11e0e74e14f1832a95092f2c98ed3b99f57797ee | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 2b70e3ac79eacbdf32571f7af48dd81cdd957ca8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8994f0ce8259f812b4f4a681d8298c6ff682efaa | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | dbcd7fdd86f77529210fe8978154a81cd479844c | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e26e2d2e15daf1ab33e0135caf2304a0cfa2744b | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.133-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-667 · Improper LockingCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b70e3ac79eacbdf32571f7af48dd81cdd957ca8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8994f0ce8259f812b4f4a681d8298c6ff682efaa
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbcd7fdd86f77529210fe8978154a81cd479844c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26e2d2e15daf1ab33e0135caf2304a0cfa2744b
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.