CVE-2025-38711

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

04/09/2025

Last modified:

09/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: avoid deadlock when linking with ReplaceIfExists If smb2_create_link() is called with ReplaceIfExists set and the name does exist then a deadlock will happen. ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked() will return with success and the parent directory will be locked. ksmbd_vfs_remove_file() will then remove the file. ksmbd_vfs_link() will then be called while the parent is still locked. It will try to lock the same parent and will deadlock. This patch moves the ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_unlock() call to *before* ksmbd_vfs_link() and then simplifies the code, removing the file_present flag variable.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.15 (including)	5.15.190 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.149 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.103 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.43 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.15.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.16 (including)	6.16.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2025-38711

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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