#VU112308 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38191
Published: July 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112308
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38191
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the krb5_authenticate() function in fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/076f1adefb9837977af7ed233883842ddc446644
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0902625a24eea7fdc187faa5d97df244d159dd6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1193486dffb7432a09f57f5d09049b4d4123538b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/281afc52e2961cd5dd8326ebc9c5bc40904c0468
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ac5b66acafcc9292fb935d7e03790f2b8b2dc0e