CVE-2025-38208

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.

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• Patch details

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38208
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/f1e7a277a1736e12cc4bd6d93b8a5c439b8ca20c (6.16-rc1)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37166d63e42c34846a16001950ecec96229a8d17
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e916fa5c7d0ec2256aa44aa24ddd92f529ce35
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cce8e71ca1f7ad9045707f0d22490c1e9ed1df6c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e7a277a1736e12cc4bd6d93b8a5c439b8ca20c