Use of Uninitialized Resource
CVE-2025-38737
Summary
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.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
The software uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published