CVE-2025-37773
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virtiofs: add filesystem context source name check
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2025-37773
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/599d1e2a6aecc44acf22fe7ea6f5e84a7e526abe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ee09cdaf3414f6c92960714af46d3d90eede2f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d6dcf18a1b49990295ac8a05fd9bdfd27ccbf88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a648d80f8d9b208beee03a2d9aa690cfacf1d41e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a94fd938df2b1628da66b498aa0eeb89593bc7a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84f13fdad10a543e2e65bab7e81b3f0bceabd67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e31d613951c299487844c4d1686a933e8ee291
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6ec52710dc5e156b774cbef5d0f5c99b1c53a80
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37773.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37773