CVE-2025-38737

MEDIUM EPSS 4.0%
Published Sep 5, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 5, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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 Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-908

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.12  –  <6.12.44
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.16.4
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any

References 3

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

Remediation

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