CVE-2026-98169 (GCVE-0-2026-98169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-06 08:44
Modified
2026-10-19 09:15
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots() If snapshot_array_size is smaller than GMT_TOKEN_SIZE, smb3_enum_snapshots() sets ret_data_len to sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) without verifying the actual length of the server's reply. Because SMB2_ioctl() places no lower bound on the server-supplied OutputCount and allocates retbuf to exactly that length, a short reply results in ret_data_len exceeding the size of retbuf. The subsequent copy_to_user() then reads past the end of retbuf, leaking adjacent slab memory to userspace. The subsequent clamp check is ineffective as it only reduces ret_data_len. Fix this by rejecting replies shorter than sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) with -EIO. Note that the bound is set to the 12-byte struct size rather than the 16-byte MIN_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY_SIZE defined in MS-SMB2 3.3.5.15.1, because 12 bytes is exactly what copy_to_user() attempts to read.
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Linux Linux Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083
Version: a94703ff8e3647f8a9a3a92a468450299a7b77e9
Version: 82a856f527334ffd69aae26e7dd9e03b19c4a520
Version: 25b981bfe192fd208ba04c81f4aa30ffb5141660
Version: 4.9.125   ≤
Version: 4.14.68   ≤
Version: 4.18.6   ≤
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