Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- EPSS is 0.22% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-40052High confidence
smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory
Linux · Linux
…UnscoredAssess manually
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix
Fix availability varies by productNo CVSS base score is available from the CNA, CISA ADP or NIST. Absence of a score is not evidence of low risk; review the vendor advisory, affected exposure and exploit evidence. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 20 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
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Published severity in operational context
Published severityUnscored→Operational priority:Needs assessment, manual assessment needed.unscored
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Linux Linux and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Remediation availability differs by product scope
Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 20 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
- Canonical Ubuntu Security: 20 affected package states with no published fix
Distribution package intelligence
24 package statesRelease-specific package status
Debian, ubuntu findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.
Package result overrides the generic status
BlackTree has verified remediation for at least one product or source, but the relevant distribution still reports no fixed package for 20 affected package states shown here. Treat those rows as affected with no fix until that distribution publishes a fixed version.
Repository candidate not checked
A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.
| Distribution release | Source package | Vendor state | Fixed version | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian trixietrixie · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.12.57-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Debian bookwormbookworm · source | linux | Not affectedDebian marks this release not affected (fixed-version marker 0). | Not published in this feed | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Debian forkyforky · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.17.6-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Debian sidsid · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.17.6-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-aws | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-azure | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-azure-fde | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-azure-nvidia | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-gcp | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-gke | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-gkeop | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-ibm | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-lowlatency | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-nvidia | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-nvidia-tegra | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-oem-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-oracle | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-raspi | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-raspi-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-riscv | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-xilinx | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
Direct vendor intelligence
1 currentAuthoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories
Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.
CVE-2025-40052 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 54 · interimSUSE Product Security TeamCVE-2025-40052
The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
- cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- ocfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- Summary
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory The crypto API, through the scatterlist API, expects input buffers to be in linear memory. We handle this with the cifs_sg_set_buf() helper that converts vmalloc'd memory to their corresponding pages. However, when we allocate our aead_request buffer (@creq in smb2ops.c::crypt_message()), we do so with kvzalloc(), which possibly puts aead_request->__ctx in vmalloc area. AEAD algorithm then uses ->__ctx for its private/internal data and operations, and uses sg_set_buf() for such data on a few places. This works fine as long as @creq falls into kmalloc zone (small requests) or vmalloc'd memory is still within linear range. Tasks' stacks are vmalloc'd by default (CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y), so too many tasks will increment the base stacks' addresses to a point where virt_addr_valid(buf) will fail (BUG() in sg_set_buf()) when that happens. In practice: too many parallel reads and writes on an encrypted mount will trigger this bug. To fix this, always alloc @creq with kmalloc() instead. Also drop the @sensitive_size variable/arguments since kfree_sensitive() doesn't need it. Backtrace: [ 945.272081] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 945.272774] kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:209! [ 945.273520] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI [ 945.274412] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u33:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.0-lku-11779-g8e9d6efccdd7-dirty #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 945.275736] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-2-gc13ff2cd-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 945.276877] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-cifs-2) [ 945.277457] RIP: 0010:crypto_gcm_init_common+0x1f9/0x220 [ 945.278018] Code: b0 00 00 00 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c7 c0 00 00 00 80 48 2b 05 5c 58 e5 00 e9 58 ff ff ff 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 48 c7 04 24 01 00 00 00 48 8b [ 945.279992] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a27360 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 945.280578] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90001d85060 RCX: 0000000000000030 [ 945.281376] RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90081d85070 [ 945.282145] RBP: ffffc90001d85010 R08: ffffc90001d85000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 945.282898] R10: ffffc90001d85090 R11: 0000000000001000 R12: ffffc90001d85070 [ 945.283656] R13: ffff888113522948 R14: ffffc90001d85060 R15: ffffc90001d85010 [ 945.284407] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882e66cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 945.285262] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 945.285884] CR2: 00007fa7ffdd31f4 CR3: 000000010540d000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 945.286683] Call Trace: [ 945.286952] [ 945.287184] ? crypt_message+0x33f/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.287719] crypto_gcm_encrypt+0x36/0xe0 [ 945.288152] crypt_message+0x54a/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.288724] smb3_init_transform_rq+0x277/0x300 [cifs] [ 945.289300] smb_send_rqst+0xa3/0x160 [cifs] [ 945.289944] cifs_call_async+0x178/0x340 [cifs] [ 945.290514] ? __pfx_smb2_writev_callback+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 945.291177] smb2_async_writev+0x3e3/0x670 [cifs] [ 945.291759] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.292212] ? netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.292723] netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.293210] netfs_write_folio+0x346/0xcc0 [ 945.293689] ? __pfx__raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x10/0x10 [ 945.294250] netfs_writepages+0x117/0x460 [ 945.294724] do_writepages+0xbe/0x170 [ 945.295152] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.295600] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20 [ 945.296103] __writeback_single_inode+0x56/0x4b0 [ 945.296643] writeback_sb_inodes+0x229/0x550 [ 945.297140] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x4c/0xe0 [ 945.297642] wb_writeback+0x2f1/0x3f0 [ 945.298069] wb_workfn+0x300/0x490 [ 945.298472] process_one_work+0x1fe/0x590 [ 945.298949] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x3c0 [ 945.299397] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 945.299900] kthr ---truncated---
- Remediation
- To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
No CVSS base score is available from the CNA, CISA ADP or NIST. Absence of a score is not evidence of low risk; review the vendor advisory, affected exposure and exploit evidence. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 20 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
Fix availability varies by product01
What, why and how
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory The crypto API, through the scatterlist API, expects input buffers to be in linear memory. We handle this with the cifs_sg_set_buf() helper that converts vmalloc'd memory to their corresponding pages. However, when we allocate our aead_request buffer (@creq in smb2ops.c::crypt_message()), we do so with kvzalloc(), which possibly puts aead_request->__ctx in vmalloc area. AEAD algorithm then uses ->__ctx for its private/internal data and operations, and uses sg_set_buf() for such data on a few places. This works fine as long as @creq falls into kmalloc zone (small requests) or vmalloc'd memory is still within linear range. Tasks' stacks are vmalloc'd by default (CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y), so too many tasks will increment the base stacks' addresses to a point where virt_addr_valid(buf) will fail (BUG() in sg_set_buf()) when that happens. In practice: too many parallel reads and writes on an encrypted mount will trigger this bug. To fix this, always alloc @creq with kmalloc() instead. Also drop the @sensitive_size variable/arguments since kfree_sensitive() doesn't need it. Backtrace: [ 945.272081] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 945.272774] kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:209! [ 945.273520] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI [ 945.274412] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u33:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.0-lku-11779-g8e9d6efccdd7-dirty #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 945.275736] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-2-gc13ff2cd-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 945.276877] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-cifs-2) [ 945.277457] RIP: 0010:crypto_gcm_init_common+0x1f9/0x220 [ 945.278018] Code: b0 00 00 00 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c7 c0 00 00 00 80 48 2b 05 5c 58 e5 00 e9 58 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 48 c7 04 24 01 00 00 00 48 8b [ 945.279992] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a27360 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 945.280578] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90001d85060 RCX: 0000000000000030 [ 945.281376] RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90081d85070 [ 945.282145] RBP: ffffc90001d85010 R08: ffffc90001d85000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 945.282898] R10: ffffc90001d85090 R11: 0000000000001000 R12: ffffc90001d85070 [ 945.283656] R13: ffff888113522948 R14: ffffc90001d85060 R15: ffffc90001d85010 [ 945.284407] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882e66cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 945.285262] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 945.285884] CR2: 00007fa7ffdd31f4 CR3: 000000010540d000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 945.286683] Call Trace: [ 945.286952] <TASK> [ 945.287184] ? crypt_message+0x33f/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.287719] crypto_gcm_encrypt+0x36/0xe0 [ 945.288152] crypt_message+0x54a/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.288724] smb3_init_transform_rq+0x277/0x300 [cifs] [ 945.289300] smb_send_rqst+0xa3/0x160 [cifs] [ 945.289944] cifs_call_async+0x178/0x340 [cifs] [ 945.290514] ? __pfx_smb2_writev_callback+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 945.291177] smb2_async_writev+0x3e3/0x670 [cifs] [ 945.291759] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.292212] ? netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.292723] netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.293210] netfs_write_folio+0x346/0xcc0 [ 945.293689] ? __pfx__raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x10/0x10 [ 945.294250] netfs_writepages+0x117/0x460 [ 945.294724] do_writepages+0xbe/0x170 [ 945.295152] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.295600] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20 [ 945.296103] __writeback_single_inode+0x56/0x4b0 [ 945.296643] writeback_sb_inodes+0x229/0x550 [ 945.297140] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x4c/0xe0 [ 945.297642] wb_writeback+0x2f1/0x3f0 [ 945.298069] wb_workfn+0x300/0x490 [ 945.298472] process_one_work+0x1fe/0x590 [ 945.298949] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x3c0 [ 945.299397] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 945.299900] kthr ---truncated---
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory The crypto API, through the scatterlist API, expects input buffers to be in linear memory. We handle this with the cifs_sg_set_buf() helper that converts vmalloc'd memory to their corresponding pages. However, when we allocate our aead_request buffer (@creq in smb2ops.c::crypt_message()), we do so with kvzalloc(), which possibly puts aead_request->__ctx in vmalloc area. AEAD algorithm then uses ->__ctx for its private/internal data and operations, and uses sg_set_buf() for such data on a few places. This works fine as long as @creq falls into kmalloc zone (small requests) or vmalloc'd memory is still within linear range. Tasks' stacks are vmalloc'd by default (CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y), so too many tasks will increment the base stacks' addresses to a point where virt_addr_valid(buf) will fail (BUG() in sg_set_buf()) when that happens. In practice: too many parallel reads and writes on an encrypted mount will trigger this bug. To fix this, always alloc @creq with kmalloc() instead. Also drop the @sensitive_size variable/arguments since kfree_sensitive() doesn't need it. Backtrace: [ 945.272081] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 945.272774] kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:209! [ 945.273520] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI [ 945.274412] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u33:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.0-lku-11779-g8e9d6efccdd7-dirty #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 945.275736] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-2-gc13ff2cd-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 945.276877] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-cifs-2) [ 945.277457] RIP: 0010:crypto_gcm_init_common+0x1f9/0x220 [ 945.278018] Code: b0 00 00 00 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c7 c0 00 00 00 80 48 2b 05 5c 58 e5 00 e9 58 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 48 c7 04 24 01 00 00 00 48 8b [ 945.279992] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a27360 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 945.280578] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90001d85060 RCX: 0000000000000030 [ 945.281376] RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90081d85070 [ 945.282145] RBP: ffffc90001d85010 R08: ffffc90001d85000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 945.282898] R10: ffffc90001d85090 R11: 0000000000001000 R12: ffffc90001d85070 [ 945.283656] R13: ffff888113522948 R14: ffffc90001d85060 R15: ffffc90001d85010 [ 945.284407] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882e66cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 945.285262] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 945.285884] CR2: 00007fa7ffdd31f4 CR3: 000000010540d000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 945.286683] Call Trace: [ 945.286952] <TASK> [ 945.287184] ? crypt_message+0x33f/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.287719] crypto_gcm_encrypt+0x36/0xe0 [ 945.288152] crypt_message+0x54a/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.288724] smb3_init_transform_rq+0x277/0x300 [cifs] [ 945.289300] smb_send_rqst+0xa3/0x160 [cifs] [ 945.289944] cifs_call_async+0x178/0x340 [cifs] [ 945.290514] ? __pfx_smb2_writev_callback+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 945.291177] smb2_async_writev+0x3e3/0x670 [cifs] [ 945.291759] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.292212] ? netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.292723] netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.293210] netfs_write_folio+0x346/0xcc0 [ 945.293689] ? __pfx__raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x10/0x10 [ 945.294250] netfs_writepages+0x117/0x460 [ 945.294724] do_writepages+0xbe/0x170 [ 945.295152] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.295600] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20 [ 945.296103] __writeback_single_inode+0x56/0x4b0 [ 945.296643] writeback_sb_inodes+0x229/0x550 [ 945.297140] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x4c/0xe0 [ 945.297642] wb_writeback+0x2f1/0x3f0 [ 945.298069] wb_workfn+0x300/0x490 [ 945.298472] process_one_work+0x1fe/0x590 [ 945.298949] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x3c0 [ 945.299397] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 945.299900] kthr ---truncated---
Why
The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.
How
An attacker operating through the affected interface may attempt exploitation when the stated preconditions are met. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory The crypto API, through the scatterlist API, expects input buffers to be in linear memory. We handle this with the cifs_sg_set_buf() helper that converts vmalloc'd memory to their corresponding pages. However, when we allocate our aead_request buffer (@creq in smb2ops.c::crypt_message()), we do so with kvzalloc(), which possibly puts aead_request->__ctx in vmalloc area. AEAD algorithm then uses ->__ctx for its private/internal data and operations, and uses sg_set_buf() for such data on a few places. This works fine as long as @creq falls into kmalloc zone (small requests) or vmalloc'd memory is still within linear range. Tasks' stacks are vmalloc'd by default (CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y), so too many tasks will increment the base stacks' addresses to a point where virt_addr_valid(buf) will fail (BUG() in sg_set_buf()) when that happens. In practice: too many parallel reads and writes on an encrypted mount will trigger this bug. To fix this, always alloc @creq with kmalloc() instead. Also drop the @sensitive_size variable/arguments since kfree_sensitive() doesn't need it. Backtrace: [ 945.272081] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 945.272774] kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:209! [ 945.273520] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI [ 945.274412] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u33:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.15.0-lku-11779-g8e9d6efccdd7-dirty #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 945.275736] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-2-gc13ff2cd-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 945.276877] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-cifs-2) [ 945.277457] RIP: 0010:crypto_gcm_init_common+0x1f9/0x220 [ 945.278018] Code: b0 00 00 00 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c7 c0 00 00 00 80 48 2b 05 5c 58 e5 00 e9 58 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b 48 c7 04 24 01 00 00 00 48 8b [ 945.279992] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a27360 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 945.280578] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90001d85060 RCX: 0000000000000030 [ 945.281376] RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90081d85070 [ 945.282145] RBP: ffffc90001d85010 R08: ffffc90001d85000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 945.282898] R10: ffffc90001d85090 R11: 0000000000001000 R12: ffffc90001d85070 [ 945.283656] R13: ffff888113522948 R14: ffffc90001d85060 R15: ffffc90001d85010 [ 945.284407] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882e66cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 945.285262] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 945.285884] CR2: 00007fa7ffdd31f4 CR3: 000000010540d000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 945.286683] Call Trace: [ 945.286952] <TASK> [ 945.287184] ? crypt_message+0x33f/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.287719] crypto_gcm_encrypt+0x36/0xe0 [ 945.288152] crypt_message+0x54a/0xad0 [cifs] [ 945.288724] smb3_init_transform_rq+0x277/0x300 [cifs] [ 945.289300] smb_send_rqst+0xa3/0x160 [cifs] [ 945.289944] cifs_call_async+0x178/0x340 [cifs] [ 945.290514] ? __pfx_smb2_writev_callback+0x10/0x10 [cifs] [ 945.291177] smb2_async_writev+0x3e3/0x670 [cifs] [ 945.291759] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.292212] ? netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.292723] netfs_advance_write+0xf2/0x310 [ 945.293210] netfs_write_folio+0x346/0xcc0 [ 945.293689] ? __pfx__raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x10/0x10 [ 945.294250] netfs_writepages+0x117/0x460 [ 945.294724] do_writepages+0xbe/0x170 [ 945.295152] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90 [ 945.295600] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20 [ 945.296103] __writeback_single_inode+0x56/0x4b0 [ 945.296643] writeback_sb_inodes+0x229/0x550 [ 945.297140] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x4c/0xe0 [ 945.297642] wb_writeback+0x2f1/0x3f0 [ 945.298069] wb_workfn+0x300/0x490 [ 945.298472] process_one_work+0x1fe/0x590 [ 945.298949] worker_thread+0x1ce/0x3c0 [ 945.299397] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 945.299900] kthr ---truncated---
Why
The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.
How
An attacker operating through the affected interface may attempt exploitation when the stated preconditions are met. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
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Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- the affected interface → vulnerable operation → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Unspecified
- Privileges required
- Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
- User interaction
- Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
- Attack complexity
- Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
- Security boundary
- Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration. - CWE not yet assigned
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. Not available from the selected scoring authority.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
03
Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Fix availability varies by product
- Affected
- cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- ocfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
- cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- ocfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
- cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- ocfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- reiserfs-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5
- kernel-default-livepatch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5
- and 54 more
- Action
- Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance
Published 28 Oct 2025 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 21:41 UTC · CWE not yet assigned
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceUnavailable
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-36476
Product sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
CWE sourceUnavailable
NVD statusNVD not scheduled
Missing structured fields: CVSS base score, CWE classification. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.