CVE-2025-38501: high-severity vulnerability in Linux
ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 2.2%
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP
Repeated connections from clients with the same IP address may exhaust
the max connections and prevent other normal client connections.
This patch limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
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References
https://github.com/keymaker-arch/KSMBDrainhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6073afe64510c302b7a0683a01e32c012eff715dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d91d3e6c62a9755b36f29c35288f06c3cd86bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb092fc3a62972a4aa47c9fe356c2c6a01cd840bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6bb9193974059ddbb0ce7763fa3882bd60d4dc3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1ce9258bcbce2491f9f71f7882b6eed0b33ec65https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1c47af4ff641cf9197ecdb1f8240cbb30389c1https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/15/2