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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-37956

CVE-2025-37956

Description

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.

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  • Linux/Kernel8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<6.6.91
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.15
  • osv-coords
    pkg:linux/kernel
    Range: >= 5.15.0, < 6.6.91

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