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smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.6.95
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38208
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 07:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Jul 2025, 13:37 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-38208
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4
Complete source record
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