Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2025-21844
CVE-2025-21844
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Add check for next_buffer in receive_encrypted_standard()
Add check for the return value of cifs_buf_get() and cifs_small_buf_get() in receive_encrypted_standard() to prevent null pointer dereference.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.7
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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