{"cve":"CVE-2025-37956","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-20T16:15:33.813","modified":"2026-10-30T13:17:59.040","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: prevent rename with empty string\n\nClient can send empty newname string to ksmbd server.\nIt will cause a kernel oops from d_alloc.\nThis patch return the error when attempting to rename\na file or directory with an empty new name string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e2964e93d95185d2db0c0ffd9959d0197b3956","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53e3e5babc0963a92d856a5ec0ce92c59f54bc12","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee551672c8cf36108b0cfba92ec0c7c28ac3439","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57301e332cc413fe0a7294a90725f4e21e9549d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f2c00acb1ef64304fd40ac507e9213ff1d9b5c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-30T13:47:47.119061695+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37956","score":0.0038,"percentile":0.31964,"date":"2026-10-30"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}