CVE-2025-37956

ksmbd: prevent rename with empty string

published May 20, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00380 · 30.7th percentile
Published
2025-05-20T16:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 16:01Z
    ksmbd: prevent rename with empty string
    cvelistv5