CVE-2025-21844

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21844
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21844.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-21844
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-03-12T09:42:00.435Z
Modified
2025-12-02T07:15:27.457584Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
smb: client: Add check for next_buffer in receive_encrypted_standard()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: Add check for nextbuffer in receiveencrypted_standard()

Add check for the return value of cifsbufget() and cifssmallbufget() in receiveencrypted_standard() to prevent null pointer dereference.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21844.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b03c8099a738a04d2343547ae6a04e5f0f63d3fa
Fixed
f277e479eea3d1aa18bc712abe1d2bf3dece2e30
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
858e73ff25639a0cc1f6f8d2587b62c045867e41
Fixed
f618aeb6cad2307e48a641379db610abcf593edf
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9f528a8e68327117837b5e28b096f52af4c26a05
Fixed
24e8e4523d3071bc5143b0db9127d511489f7b3b
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
534733397da26de0303057ce0b93a22bda150365
Fixed
9e5d99a4cf2e23c716b44862975548415fae5391
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
eec04ea119691e65227a97ce53c0da6b9b74b0b7
Fixed
a9b0b4b29877cb4dc5d0842b59b5ccbacddb85bd
Fixed
554736b583f529ee159aa95af9a0cbc12b5ffc96
Fixed
860ca5e50f73c2a1cef7eefc9d39d04e275417f7

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10.211
v5.10.212
v5.10.213
v5.10.214
v5.10.215
v5.10.216
v5.10.217
v5.10.218
v5.10.219
v5.10.220
v5.10.221
v5.10.222
v5.10.223
v5.10.224
v5.10.225
v5.10.226
v5.10.227
v5.10.228
v5.10.229
v5.10.230
v5.10.231
v5.10.232
v5.10.233
v5.10.234
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.162
v5.15.163
v5.15.164
v5.15.165
v5.15.166
v5.15.167
v5.15.168
v5.15.169
v5.15.170
v5.15.171
v5.15.172
v5.15.173
v5.15.174
v5.15.175
v5.15.176
v5.15.177
v5.15.178

v6.*

v6.1.100
v6.1.101
v6.1.102
v6.1.103
v6.1.104
v6.1.105
v6.1.106
v6.1.107
v6.1.108
v6.1.109
v6.1.110
v6.1.111
v6.1.112
v6.1.113
v6.1.114
v6.1.115
v6.1.116
v6.1.117
v6.1.118
v6.1.119
v6.1.120
v6.1.121
v6.1.122
v6.1.123
v6.1.124
v6.1.125
v6.1.126
v6.1.127
v6.1.128
v6.1.129
v6.1.69
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.83
v6.1.84
v6.1.85
v6.1.86
v6.1.87
v6.1.88
v6.1.89
v6.1.90
v6.1.91
v6.1.92
v6.1.93
v6.1.94
v6.1.95
v6.1.96
v6.1.97
v6.1.98
v6.1.99
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.12
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.15
v6.12.16
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.13.1
v6.13.2
v6.13.3
v6.13.4
v6.14-rc1
v6.14-rc2
v6.14-rc3
v6.6.10
v6.6.11
v6.6.12
v6.6.13
v6.6.14
v6.6.15
v6.6.16
v6.6.17
v6.6.18
v6.6.19
v6.6.20
v6.6.21
v6.6.22
v6.6.23
v6.6.24
v6.6.25
v6.6.26
v6.6.27
v6.6.28
v6.6.29
v6.6.30
v6.6.31
v6.6.32
v6.6.33
v6.6.34
v6.6.35
v6.6.36
v6.6.37
v6.6.38
v6.6.39
v6.6.40
v6.6.41
v6.6.42
v6.6.43
v6.6.44
v6.6.45
v6.6.46
v6.6.47
v6.6.48
v6.6.49
v6.6.50
v6.6.51
v6.6.52
v6.6.53
v6.6.54
v6.6.55
v6.6.56
v6.6.57
v6.6.58
v6.6.59
v6.6.60
v6.6.61
v6.6.62
v6.6.63
v6.6.64
v6.6.65
v6.6.66
v6.6.67
v6.6.68
v6.6.69
v6.6.70
v6.6.71
v6.6.72
v6.6.73
v6.6.74
v6.6.75
v6.6.76
v6.6.77
v6.6.78
v6.6.79
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.235
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.179
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.130
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.80
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.17
Fixed
6.13.5