CVE-2025-39838
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: prevent NULL pointer dereference in UTF16 conversion
There can be a NULL pointer dereference bug here. NULL is passed to __cifs_sfu_make_node without checks, which passes it unchecked to cifs_strndup_to_utf16, which in turn passes it to cifs_local_to_utf16_bytes where '*from' is dereferenced, causing a crash.
This patch adds a check for NULL 'src' in cifs_strndup_to_utf16 and returns NULL early to prevent dereferencing NULL pointer.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.12 | 6.12.46 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.13 | 6.16.6 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.17-rc1 | 6.17-rc1.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.17-rc2 | 6.17-rc2.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.17-rc3 | 6.17-rc3.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.17-rc4 | 6.17-rc4.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 11.0 | 11.0.x |
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cfa5dd05847137f0fb3ce74ced80c0b4858d716
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f797f062b5cf13a1c2bcc23285361baaa7c9260
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c26a8d30ed6b53a52a023ec537dc50a6d34a67a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b98a7e65e7a8f3894d8760cd194eaf20504c99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70bccd9855dae56942f2b18a08ba137bb54093a0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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