CVE-2025-38501
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.10% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6073afe64510c302b7a0683a01e32c012eff715dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d91d3e6c62a9755b36f29c35288f06c3cd86bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb092fc3a62972a4aa47c9fe356c2c6a01cd840bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6bb9193974059ddbb0ce7763fa3882bd60d4dc3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1ce9258bcbce2491f9f71f7882b6eed0b33ec65Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1c47af4ff641cf9197ecdb1f8240cbb30389c1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/15/2Mailing List
- https://github.com/keymaker-arch/KSMBDrainThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.