CVE•Published 2025-05-20•Modified 2026-07-30•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-37956Linux · Linux_kernel
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CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 95% of all CVEs
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2025-05-20
Modified 2026-07-30
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