CVE-2025-37773

kernel: virtiofs: add filesystem context source name check

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 1, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

virtiofs: add filesystem context source name check

In certain scenarios, for example, during fuzz testing, the source name may be NULL, which could lead to a kernel panic. Therefore, an extra check for the source name should be added.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-253 · Incorrect Check of Function Return Value