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CVE-2025-37956
published 2025-05-20

CVE-2025-37956: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: prevent rename with empty string Client can send empty newname string to ksmbd…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.31%
23.5th percentile
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.

Affected

29 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.29-1 (forky)linux 6.12.29-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 6ee551672c8cf36108b0cfba92ec0c7c28ac34396ee551672c8cf36108b0cfba92ec0c7c28ac3439
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < c57301e332cc413fe0a7294a90725f4e21e9549dc57301e332cc413fe0a7294a90725f4e21e9549d
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < d7f2c00acb1ef64304fd40ac507e9213ff1d9b5cd7f2c00acb1ef64304fd40ac507e9213ff1d9b5c
linuxlinux>= 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 53e3e5babc0963a92d856a5ec0ce92c59f54bc1253e3e5babc0963a92d856a5ec0ce92c59f54bc12
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.29-16.12.29-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.29-16.12.29-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15 < 6.6.916.6.91
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.14.76.14.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.296.12.29
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.85.1-4_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.92.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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