CVE-2025-38208

smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath

published July 4, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath

page is checked for null in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix

when tcon->origin_fullpath is not set. However, the check is missing when

it is set.

Add a check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00178 · 7.0th percentile
Published
2025-07-04T13:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUL 13:37Z
    smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath
    cvelistv5