CVE-2025-37956

Name	CVE-2025-37956
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.12-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.29-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/53e3e5babc0963a92d856a5ec0ce92c59f54bc12 (6.15-rc6)