CVE-2025-37956

Published May 20, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

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.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Awaiting Analysis

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  1. CVE-2025-37956 Linux Kernel ksmbd Remote Kernel Oops via Empty Rename String https://t.co/84JFWhY5sJ

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    20 May 2025

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