CVE-2025-39838
Sept. 19, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: prevent NULL pointer dereference in UTF16 conversion
There can be a NULL pointer dereference bug here. NULL is passed to
__cifs_sfu_make_node without checks, which passes it unchecked to
cifs_strndup_to_utf16, which in turn passes it to
cifs_local_to_utf16_bytes where '*from' is dereferenced, causing a crash.
This patch adds a check for NULL 'src' in cifs_strndup_to_utf16 and
returns NULL early to prevent dereferencing NULL pointer.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE
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Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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| a | linux | kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Published: Sept. 19, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 19, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 19, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Status : Received
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