PT-2025-33536

CVE-2025-38501

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Published

2025-08-16

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Updated

2026-10-18

Description by

CVSS 4.0
8.7
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in ksmbd where repeated connections from clients using the same IP address can exhaust connection limits, potentially preventing legitimate client connections. A patch has been implemented to limit repeated connections from the same IP.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Related identifiers
CVE-2025-38501
BDU:2025-15555
AZL-66416
DLA-4328-1
ECHO-6F04-8B22-F307
MGASA-2025-0234
MGASA-2025-0235
OESA-2025-2776
OESA-2026-1228
OESA-2026-1229
USN-7879-1
USN-7879-2
USN-7879-3
USN-7879-4
USN-7880-1
USN-7934-1
USN-8028-1
USN-8028-2
USN-8028-3
USN-8028-4
USN-8028-5
USN-8028-6
USN-8028-7
USN-8028-8
USN-8031-1
USN-8031-2
USN-8031-3
USN-8052-1
USN-8052-2
USN-8074-1
USN-8074-2
USN-8126-1
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