CVE-2025-37956 — Linux vulnerability
42 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: prevent rename with empty string
Client can send empty newname string to ksmbd server.
It will cause a kernel oops from d_alloc.
This patch return the error when attempting to rename
a file or directory with an empty new name string.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6