CVE-2025-38501 (GCVE-0-2025-38501)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 05:30
Modified
2025-09-29 05:53
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
Version: 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf
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