{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38244 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-38244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38244 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-38244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38244 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38244/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-38244","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38244/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-38244","record":{"aliases":["AZL-64838","BELL-CVE-2025-38244","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38244","GHSA-6r3f-6qj7-7p6v","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38244","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-38244","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38244","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38244"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel SMB client","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A deadlock in the Linux kernel SMB client during channel reconnection can cause a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-667","name":"Improper Locking"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels\n\nFix cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect() to take the correct lock order\nand prevent the following deadlock from happening\n\n======================================================\nWARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n6.16.0-rc3-build2+ #1301 Tainted: G S      W\n------------------------------------------------------\ncifsd/6055 is trying to acquire lock:\nffff88810ad56038 (\u0026tcp_ses-\u003esrv_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0x134/0x200\n\nbut task is already holding lock:\nffff888119c64330 (\u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0xcf/0x200\n\nwhich lock already depends on the new lock.\n\nthe existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n-\u003e #2 (\u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n       validate_chain+0x1cf/0x270\n       __lock_acquire+0x60e/0x780\n       lock_acquire.part.0+0xb4/0x1f0\n       _raw_spin_lock+0x2f/0x40\n       cifs_setup_session+0x81/0x4b0\n       cifs_get_smb_ses+0x771/0x900\n       cifs_mount_get_session+0x7e/0x170\n       cifs_mount+0x92/0x2d0\n       cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x161/0x460\n       smb3_get_tree+0x55/0x90\n       vfs_get_tree+0x46/0x180\n       do_new_mount+0x1b0/0x2e0\n       path_mount+0x6ee/0x740\n       do_mount+0x98/0xe0\n       __do_sys_mount+0x148/0x180\n       do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\n-\u003e #1 (\u0026ret_buf-\u003eses_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n       validate_chain+0x1cf/0x270\n       __lock_acquire+0x60e/0x780\n       lock_acquire.part.0+0xb4/0x1f0\n       _raw_spin_lock+0x2f/0x40\n       cifs_match_super+0x101/0x320\n       sget+0xab/0x270\n       cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1e0/0x460\n       smb3_get_tree+0x55/0x90\n       vfs_get_tree+0x46/0x180\n       do_new_mount+0x1b0/0x2e0\n       path_mount+0x6ee/0x740\n       do_mount+0x98/0xe0\n       __do_sys_mount+0x148/0x180\n       do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\n-\u003e #0 (\u0026tcp_ses-\u003esrv_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n       check_noncircular+0x95/0xc0\n       check_prev_add+0x115/0x2f0\n       validate_chain+0x1cf/0x270\n       __lock_acquire+0x60e/0x780\n       lock_acquire.part.0+0xb4/0x1f0\n       _raw_spin_lock+0x2f/0x40\n       cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0x134/0x200\n       __cifs_reconnect+0x8f/0x500\n       cifs_handle_standard+0x112/0x280\n       cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x64d/0xbc0\n       kthread+0x2f7/0x310\n       ret_from_fork+0x2a/0x230\n       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\nChain exists of:\n  \u0026tcp_ses-\u003esrv_lock --\u003e \u0026ret_buf-\u003eses_lock --\u003e \u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n       CPU0                    CPU1\n       ----                    ----\n  lock(\u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock);\n                               lock(\u0026ret_buf-\u003eses_lock);\n                               lock(\u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock);\n  lock(\u0026tcp_ses-\u003esrv_lock);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n3 locks held by cifsd/6055:\n #0: ffffffff857de398 (\u0026cifs_tcp_ses_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0x7b/0x200\n #1: ffff888119c64060 (\u0026ret_buf-\u003eses_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0x9c/0x200\n #2: ffff888119c64330 (\u0026ret_buf-\u003echan_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cifs_signal_cifsd_for_reconnect+0xcf/0x200","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"smb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels","id":"CVE-2025-38244","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"atm: Release atm_dev_mutex after removing procfs in atm_dev_deregister().","id":"CVE-2025-38245"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"btrfs: fix invalid inode pointer dereferences during log replay","id":"CVE-2025-38243"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-07-09","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A deadlock in the Linux kernel SMB client during channel reconnection can cause a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38244/"}