PT-2025-27983 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2025-06-01 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2025-38208

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: A potential NULL pointer dereference issue has been identified in the Linux kernel. The issue is related to the smb client and the automount fullpath function. Specifically, a NULL check is missing when tcon->origin fullpath is set, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. The check has been added to prevent this issue.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

AZL-64692

AZL-70424

BDU:2025-15450

CVE-2025-38208

ECHO-CDFB-AFA7-32AC

MGASA-2025-0218

MGASA-2025-0219

OESA-2026-1303

OESA-2026-1304

OESA-2026-1305

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20653-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20669-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20739-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20756-1

SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1

SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1

SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1

SUSE-SU-2025_03272-1

SUSE-SU-2025_03290-1

SUSE-SU-2025_03301-1

SUSE-SU-2025_03382-1

USN-7833-1

USN-7833-2

USN-7833-3

USN-7833-4

USN-7834-1

USN-7856-1

USN-8028-1

USN-8028-2

USN-8028-3

USN-8028-4

USN-8028-5

USN-8028-6

USN-8028-7

USN-8028-8

USN-8031-1

USN-8031-2

USN-8031-3

USN-8052-1

USN-8052-2

USN-8074-1

USN-8074-2

USN-8126-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 3166

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38208.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38149 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38474 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40314 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38162 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38090 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40127 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38117 · Vendor Advisory