CVE-2025-38092

ksmbd: use list_first_entry_or_null for opinfo_get_list()

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: July 2, 2025 at 02:43 PM UTC

Updated: July 30, 2026 at 06:42 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use list_first_entry_or_null for opinfo_get_list() The list_first_entry() macro never returns NULL. If the list is empty then it returns an invalid pointer. Use list_first_entry_or_null() to check if the list is empty.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

6.12.25 ≤ v < 6.12.326.14.4 ≤ v < 6.14.106.6.88 ≤ v < 6.6.9318b4fac5ef17f77fed9417d22210ceafd6525fc7296cb5457cc6f4a754c4ae29855f8a253d52bcc66.12.25 6.14.4 6.15 rc3 6.15 rc4 6.15 rc5 6.15 rc6 6.15 rc7 6.6.88d54ab1520d43e95f9b2e22d7a05fc9614192e5a5d73686367ad68534257cd88a36ca3c52cb8b81d8

Vendor states this is fixed in 10379171f346e6f61d30d9949500a8de4336444a (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 334da674b25fdb7a1a4d4b89dcd7795144fc7e11 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c78abb646ff823e7d22faad4cc0703d4484da9e8 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in cb7e06e9736d73007dc8dab7b353733bb37df86b (fixed)

Affected range stops below 6.12.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.14.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.6.93, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement