vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-38728: Important priority package update for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 4, 2025
Added
Sep 30, 2025
Modified
Oct 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd
With KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds
during mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces()
(see below):
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G
OE 6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT,
BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0
print_report+0xd1/0x670
__virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430
? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0
? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
kasan_report+0xd6/0x110
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
__asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60
SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs]
? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs]
smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]
? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200
? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs]
? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs]
dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs]
? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50
? save_trace+0x54/0x370
? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0
? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20
cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs]
? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200
? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs]
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]
smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd
With KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds
during mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces()
(see below):
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G
OE 6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT,
BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0
print_report+0xd1/0x670
__virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430
? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0
? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
kasan_report+0xd6/0x110
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
__asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20
parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]
? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60
SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs]
? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs]
smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]
? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200
? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]
? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs]
? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs]
dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs]
? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50
? save_trace+0x54/0x370
? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0
? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20
cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs]
? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200
? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs]
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]
Solutions
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