CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37956

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the ksmbd SMB server in the Linux kernel, renaming a file to an empty string causes a kernel oops in d_alloc.

Risk Assessment

A user with access to an SMB share can crash the server, causing a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that returns an error when attempting to rename to an empty string.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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