CVE-2025-39838
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
cifs: prevent NULL pointer dereference in UTF16 conversion
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
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 | affected | git | 1f797f062b5cf13a1c2bcc23285361baaa7c9260 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 | affected | git | 3c26a8d30ed6b53a52a023ec537dc50a6d34a67a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 41d3f256c6a5e41eb32b87168399c0facd512dc0 | affected | git | 70bccd9855dae56942f2b18a08ba137bb54093a0 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.46 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.16.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.16.* | None listed |
| 6.17 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |