CVE-2025-38737
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 6.12.44 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable Fix smb3_init_transform_rq() to initialise buffer to NULL before calling netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer() as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it is given. Setting it to NULL means it should start a fresh buffer, but the value is currently undefined.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (4)
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.12.44linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.16.4linux
linux/linux_kernel
6.17 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.12 - 6.12.44
Published
Sep 05, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026