{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2025-38737","published":"2025-09-05T17:20:37.719Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:26.173806526Z","related":["ALSA-2025:22854"],"summary":"cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable\n\nFix smb3_init_transform_rq() to initialise buffer to NULL before calling\nnetfs_alloc_folioq_buffer() as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it\nis given.  Setting it to NULL means it should start a fresh buffer, but the\nvalue is currently undefined.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"a2906d3316fc19bf0ade84618bb73eab604c447e"},{"fixed":"4931fe2dbe1cc0e7d350a4b51b0b330e43971d98"},{"fixed":"6adaa9fae36f848afa7278945d725e197e33c496"},{"fixed":"453a6d2a68e54a483d67233c6e1e24c4095ee4be"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38737.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.12.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.44"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.16.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38737.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/453a6d2a68e54a483d67233c6e1e24c4095ee4be"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4931fe2dbe1cc0e7d350a4b51b0b330e43971d98"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6adaa9fae36f848afa7278945d725e197e33c496"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38737.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38737"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38737.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}