| Name | CVE-2025-38501 |
| 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. |
| 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 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.147-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 6.12.43-1 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.41-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 6.16.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | | | |
| linux | source | trixie | 6.12.43-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.16.3-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e6bb9193974059ddbb0ce7763fa3882bd60d4dc3 (6.17-rc1)