CVE-2025-38208

Name	CVE-2025-38208
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath page is checked for null in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix when tcon->origin_fullpath is not set. However, the check is missing when it is set. Add a check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.237-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.137-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.140-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.35-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.31-1	vulnerable
	sid	6.12.38-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.35-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/f1e7a277a1736e12cc4bd6d93b8a5c439b8ca20c (6.16-rc1)