CVE-2025-38737
cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
a2906d3316fc19bf0ade84618bb73eab604c447e < 4931fe2dbe1cc0e7d350a4b51b0b330e43971d98 a2906d3316fc19bf0ade84618bb73eab604c447e < 6adaa9fae36f848afa7278945d725e197e33c496 a2906d3316fc19bf0ade84618bb73eab604c447e < 453a6d2a68e54a483d67233c6e1e24c4095ee4be
Linux / Linux
6.12