Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-03-12T09:42:00.435Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T19:38:00.594Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21844 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-21844.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24e8e4523d3071bc5143b0db9127d511489f7b3b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554736b583f529ee159aa95af9a0cbc12b5ffc96 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/860ca5e50f73c2a1cef7eefc9d39d04e275417f7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5d99a4cf2e23c716b44862975548415fae5391 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b0b4b29877cb4dc5d0842b59b5ccbacddb85bd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f277e479eea3d1aa18bc712abe1d2bf3dece2e30 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f618aeb6cad2307e48a641379db610abcf593edf cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025031210-CVE-2025-21844-a1cc@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21844 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21844 cve-icon
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