CVE-2025-38208

kernel: smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 4, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference