CVE-2025-38321 — Improper 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
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux73934e535cffbda1490fa97d82690a0f9aa73e94 — b8ced2b9a23a1a2c1e0ed8d0d02512e51bdf38da+5