CVE-2025-38501: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 6.1.148 (fixed in 6.1.148); from 6.2, before 6.6.102 (fixed in 6.6.102); from 6.7, before 6.12.42 (fixed in 6.12.42); from 6.13, before 6.15.10 (fixed in 6.15.10); from 6.16, before 6.16.1 (fixed in 6.16.1)

Published 2025-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.