Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38179
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix max_sge overflow in smb_extract_folioq_to_rdma() This fixes the following problem: [ 749.901015
Published Jul 4, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check this week
CVE-2025-38179 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 19.00%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 6.12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix max_sge overflow in smb_extract_folioq_to_rdma() This fixes the following problem: [ 749.901015] [ T8673] run fstests cifs/001 at 2025-06-17 09:40:30 [ 750.346409] [ T9870] ================================================================== [ 750.346814] [ T9870] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb_set_sge+0x2cc/0x3b0 [cifs] [ 750.347330] [ T9870] Write of size 8 at addr ffff888011082890 by task xfs_io/9870 [ 750.347705] [ T9870] [ 750.348077] [ T9870] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9870 Comm: xfs_io Kdump: loaded Not ta
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- vendor Linux Linux 6.126.12
How to fix CVE-2025-38179
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-38179 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 6.12 6.12. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 19.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 4, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix max_sge overflow in smb_extract_folioq_to_rdma() This fixes the following problem: [ 749.901015] [ T8673] run fstests cifs/001 at 2025-06-17 09:40:30 [ 750.346409] [ T9870] ================================================================== [ 750.346814] [ T9870] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb_set_sge+0x2cc/
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix max_sge overflow in smb_extract_folioq_to_rdma() This fixes the following problem: [ 749.901015] [ T8673] run fstests cifs/001 at 2025-06-17 09:40:30 [ 750.346409] [ T9870] ================================================================== [ 750.346814] [ T9870] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb_set_sge+0x2cc/
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-20077
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix max_sge overflow in smb_extract_folioq_to_rdma() This fixes the following problem: [ 749.901015] [ T8673] run fstests cifs/001 at 2025-06-17 09:40:30 [ 750.346409] [ T9870] ======================
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Aug 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.