kernel: cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable Fix smb3inittransformrq to initialise buffer to NULL before calling netfsallocfolioqbuffer as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it is given. Setting it to NULL means it should...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fixed an oops due to uninitialized variables. Fixed the smb3inittransformrq function by initializing the buffer to NULL before calling netfsallocfolioqbuffer. This is because netfs assumes that it can append to the buffer i...

CVE-2025-38737 cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable Fix smb3inittransformrq to initialise buffer to NULL before calling netfsallocfolioqbuffer as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it is given. Setting it to NULL means it should...

PT-2025-36267

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The Linux kernel contains an issue in the CIFS implementation where the smb3 init transform rq function does not initialize a buffer to NULL before calling netfs alloc folioq buffer...