{"id":"CVE-2025-38431","summary":"smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks\n\nSome users and customers reported that their backup/copy tools started\nto fail when the directory being copied contained symlink targets that\nthe client couldn't parse - even when those symlinks weren't followed.\n\nFix this by allowing lstat(2) and readlink(2) to succeed even when the\nclient can't resolve the symlink target, restoring old behavior.","modified":"2026-05-18T05:59:30.912222097Z","published":"2025-07-25T14:22:34.363Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38431.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38431.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38431"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"12b466eb52d926802b6898d2cb7e67386467f54a"},{"fixed":"6ddaf7567080c7de2e0c99efca2ee1e6b79beea5"},{"fixed":"ff8abbd248c1f52df0c321690b88454b13ff54b2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38431.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.14.0"},{"fixed":"6.15.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38431.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}