CVE-2025-38501 (GCVE-0-2025-38501)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 05:30
Modified
2025-09-15 17:45
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6073afe64510c302b7a0683a01e32c012eff715d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d91d3e6c62a9755b36f29c35288f06c3cd86b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb092fc3a62972a4aa47c9fe356c2c6a01cd840b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6bb9193974059ddbb0ce7763fa3882bd60d4dc3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1ce9258bcbce2491f9f71f7882b6eed0b33ec65
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1c47af4ff641cf9197ecdb1f8240cbb30389c1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/keymaker-arch/KSMBDrain
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Linux Linux Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
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