CVE-2025-38321Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: Log an error when close_all_cached_dirs fails Under low-memory conditions, close_all_cached_dirs() can't move the dentries to a separate list to dput() them once the locks are dropped. This will result in a "Dentry still in use" error, so add an error message that makes it clear this is what happened: [ 495.281119] CIFS: VFS: \\otters.example.com\share Out of memory while dropping dentries [ 495.281595] ------------[ cut

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages16 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.76.12.35+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.35-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linux73934e535cffbda1490fa97d82690a0f9aa73e94b8ced2b9a23a1a2c1e0ed8d0d02512e51bdf38da+5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

24
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-02-24
OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities2026-02-24

📋Vendor Advisories

25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
CVE-2025-38321 — Improper Update of Reference Count | cvebase