# CVE-2025-38092: ksmbd: use list_first_entry_or_null for opinfo_get_list()

> A null pointer dereference in the ksmbd kernel module can cause a system crash when handling empty lists.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38092, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38092, GHSA-wjw7-v5jq-mg9c, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38092, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-38092, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38092, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38092

## What is CVE-2025-38092?

CVE-2025-38092 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38092?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38092?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38092 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38092 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38092 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38092 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38092 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38092/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38092/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38092
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38092
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38092

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38092/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.