Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2025· Updated Sep 29, 2025
cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable
CVE-2025-38737
Description
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.
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Affected products
77- osv-coords75 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virt-addonspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdumppkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/libperfpkg:rpm/almalinux/perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/rtlapkg:rpm/almalinux/rv
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