CVE-2025-38737

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable Fix smb3_init_transform_rq() to initialise buffer to NULL before calling netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer() as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it is given. Setting it to NULL means it should start a fresh buffer, but the value is currently undefined.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/453a6d2a68e54a483d67233c6e1e24c4095ee4be	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4931fe2dbe1cc0e7d350a4b51b0b330e43971d98	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6adaa9fae36f848afa7278945d725e197e33c496	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-09-05 18:15

Updated : 2025-11-25 22:03

NVD link : CVE-2025-38737

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38737

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38737

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource

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