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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T05:57:06.934Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.034Z

Link: CVE-2025-38737

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-05T18:15:43.090

Modified: 2025-09-08T16:25:38.810

Link: CVE-2025-38737

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38737 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-07T15:47:31Z