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[ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string ... and parse_longname() is not guaranteed that. That's the reason why it uses kmemdup_nul() to build the argument for kstrtou64(); the problem is, kstrtou64() is not the only thing that need it. Just get a NUL-terminated copy of the entire thing and be done with that...

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CVE-2025-38660

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-38660

Linux

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Linux

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    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/ceph/crypto.c"
    ],
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  },
  {
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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.6"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
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        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.6.157",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.12.42",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.15.10",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.16.1",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.17",
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
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    ],
    "programFiles": [
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]
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CVE-2025-38660

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