CVE-2025-38431
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks
Some users and customers reported that their backup/copy tools started to fail when the directory being copied contained symlink targets that the client couldn't parse - even when those symlinks weren't followed.
Fix this by allowing lstat(2) and readlink(2) to succeed even when the client can't resolve the symlink target, restoring old behavior.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a < 6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a < ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.14 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 0 < 6.14 | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15.5 <= 6.15.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.16 <= * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2
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