{"cve":"CVE-2025-38728","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:42.867","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd\n\nWith KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds\nduring mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces()\n(see below):\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in\n parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827\n\n CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G\n OE       6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\n Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT,\n BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0\n print_report+0xd1/0x670\n __virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430\n ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0\n ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n   kasan_report+0xd6/0x110\n   parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n   __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20\n   parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60\n SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs]\n smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200\n ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs]\n ? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs]\n dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs]\n ? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50\n ? save_trace+0x54/0x370\n ? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0\n ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20\n cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200\n ? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs]\n cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d34ec36abb84fdfb6632a0f2cbda90379ae21fc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de33d4d72e8fae3502ec3850bd7b14e7c7328b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdb8e98a0073c73ab3e6c631ec78877ceb64565","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0620e1525663edd8c4594f49fb75fe5be4724b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a542f93a123555d09c3ce8bc947f7b56ad8e6463"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38728","score":0.00322,"percentile":0.24952,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}