CVE-2025-38501

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 6.1.148 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by keymaker-arch · poc
https://github.com/keymaker-arch/KSMBDrain

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (21)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf - 6073afe64510c302b7a0683a01e32c012eff715d
Linux/Linux 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf - 7e5d91d3e6c62a9755b36f29c35288f06c3cd86b
Linux/Linux 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf - cb092fc3a62972a4aa47c9fe356c2c6a01cd840b
... and 11 more
Published Aug 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026