Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.45-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-14124400
  • published27 Nov 2025
  • disclosed5 Sept 2025

Introduced: 5 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.45-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt-doc package and not the linux-virt-doc package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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

cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable

Fix smb3_init_transform_rq() to initialise buffer to NULL before calling netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer() as netfs assumes it can append to the buffer it is given. Setting it to NULL means it should start a fresh buffer, but the value is currently undefined.

CVSS Base Scores

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