CVE-2025-38431

smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks

published July 25, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00148 · 3.7th percentile
Published
2025-07-25T14:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 14:22Z
    smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks
    cvelistv5