Bug 2388909 (CVE-2025-38501)

Summary: CVE-2025-38501 kernel: ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-16 06:01:08 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP

Repeated connections from clients with the same IP address may exhaust
the max connections and prevent other normal client connections.
This patch limit repeated connections from clients with the same IP.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-08-18 11:51:08 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081612-CVE-2025-38501-e51f@gregkh/T