What is CVE-2025-38321?

CVE-2025-38321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-38321?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38321

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 th…

EPSS: 0.002 (5.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6.16, 6.13, 73934e535cffbda1490fa97d82690a0f9aa73e94
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.16

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38321?: CVE-2025-38321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-38321?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.