Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: avoid NULL pointer dereference in dbg call cifs_server_dbg() implies server to be non-NULL so move call under condition to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel; debian: debian linux
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/20048e658652e731f5cadf4a695925e570ca0ff9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c14ee6af8f1f188b668afd6d003f7516a507b08 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/864ba5c651b03830f36f0906c21af05b15c1aaa6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9000cb91b986eb7f75835340c67857ab97c09b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2a1833e1c63e2585867ebeaf4dd41494dcede4b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4885bd5935bb26f0a414ad55679a372e53f9b9b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba3ce6c60cd5db258687dfeba9fc608f5e7cadf3 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0717385f5c51e290c2cd2ad4699a778316b5132 Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html Mailing List
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html Mailing List
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 23 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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