Tracker / CVE-2025-38711
CVE-2025-38711
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: avoid deadlock when linking with ReplaceIfExists If smb2_create_link() is called with ReplaceIfExists set and the name does exist then a deadlock will happen. ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked() will return with success and the parent directory will be locked. ksmbd_vfs_remove_file() will then remove the file. ksmbd_vfs_link() will then be called while the parent is still locked. It will try to lock the same parent and will deadlock. This patch moves the ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_unlock() call to *before* ksmbd_vfs_link() and then simplifies the code, removing the file_present flag variable.
Affected products and versions
| debian | debian_linux |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.15 → 5.15.190 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.149 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.15.11 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.16 → 6.16.2 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.103 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.43 |
Analysis
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