CVE-2025-39838
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in CIFS UTF16 Conversion
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.3%
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-476
Status
published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.12.46linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.16.6linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.12
Linux/Linux
41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 - 1f797f062b5cf13a1c2bcc23285361baaa7c9260
Linux/Linux
41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 - 3c26a8d30ed6b53a52a023ec537dc50a6d34a67a
Linux/Linux
41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 - 70bccd9855dae56942f2b18a08ba137bb54093a0
Linux/Linux
6.12
Linux/Linux
6.12.46 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.16.6 - 6.16.*
... and 3 more
Published
Sep 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026