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CVE-2025-38728: linux kernel vulnerability
CVE-2025-38728: critical vulnerability affecting linux kernel. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL
- EPSS
- 23.23%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- linux kernel
What is known
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd With KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds during mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces() (see below): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G OE 6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT, BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0 print_report+0xd1/0x670 __virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430 ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0 ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] kasan_report+0xd6/0x110 parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20 parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] ? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60 SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs] ? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs] smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs] ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200 ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs] ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs] cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs] ? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs] dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs] ? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50 ? save_trace+0x54/0x370 ? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0 ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20 cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs] ? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200 ? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-38728, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.