CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21844

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.57%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel SMB (CIFS) client, the function receive_encrypted_standard() lacks a check for the return value of cifs_buf_get() and cifs_small_buf_get(), potentially leading to a null pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can send a crafted SMB request to trigger a kernel panic via null pointer dereference, causing denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Apply the patch that adds return value checks for cifs_buf_get() and cifs_small_buf_get() in receive_encrypted_standard().

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS