CVE-2025-38501

ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP

High · published August 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02068 · 81.3th percentile
Published
2025-08-16T05:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 AUG 05:30Z
    ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP
    cvelistv5