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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks Some users and customers reported that their backup/copy tools started to fail when the directory being copied contained symlink targets that the client couldn't parse - even when those symlinks weren't followed. Fix this by allowing lstat(2) and readlink(2) to succeed even when the client can't resolve the symlink target, restoring old behavior.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-25 | Updated 2025-07-28 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a (git) before 6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5
affected

12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a (git) before ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2
affected

Default status
affected

6.14
affected

Any version before 6.14
unaffected

6.15.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.16 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5

git.kernel.org/...c/ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2

cve.org (CVE-2025-38431)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38431)

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