CVE-2025-38208: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 6.6.95 (fixed in 6.6.95); from 6.7, before 6.12.35 (fixed in 6.12.35); from 6.13, before 6.15.4 (fixed in 6.15.4)

Published 2025-07-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.