CVE-2025-38431
Published: Jul 25, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks Some users and customers reported that their backup/copy tools started to fail when the directory being copied contained symlink targets that the client couldn't parse - even when those symlinks weren't followed. Fix this by allowing lstat(2) and readlink(2) to succeed even when the client can't resolve the symlink target, restoring old behavior.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a - < 6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5affected 12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a - < ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.14unaffected 0 - < 6.14unaffected 6.15.5 - <= 6.15.*unaffected 6.16 - <= * |
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