ghsa-45ff-v9gq-xww8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-03-12 12:30
Modified
2025-11-03 21:33
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21844"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-12T10:15:16Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: Add check for next_buffer in receive_encrypted_standard()\n\nAdd check for the return value of cifs_buf_get() and cifs_small_buf_get()\nin receive_encrypted_standard() to prevent null pointer dereference.",
  "id": "GHSA-45ff-v9gq-xww8",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:09Z",
  "published": "2025-03-12T12:30:57Z",
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}


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