# CVE-2025-37844: cifs: avoid NULL pointer dereference in dbg call

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.7
- Published: 2025-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.6.7, fixed in 5.7
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: avoid NULL pointer dereference in dbg call cifs_server_dbg() implies server to be non-NULL so move call under condition to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba3ce6c60cd5db258687dfeba9fc608f5e7cadf3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9000cb91b986eb7f75835340c67857ab97c09b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2a1833e1c63e2585867ebeaf4dd41494dcede4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/864ba5c651b03830f36f0906c21af05b15c1aaa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0717385f5c51e290c2cd2ad4699a778316b5132
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20048e658652e731f5cadf4a695925e570ca0ff9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c14ee6af8f1f188b668afd6d003f7516a507b08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4885bd5935bb26f0a414ad55679a372e53f9b9b

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