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CVE-2025-21844
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-03-12T10:15:16.677 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:44:25.407

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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