CVE-2025-38431
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Analyzed - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-05-11
Affected products
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2
