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CVE-2026-98454

Linux: smb: client: fix create context out-of-bounds reads

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
8.1High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in28bc9a871799363afa3139e961a8e3684feb8704Also 05a7fd80024ff32b9b40ab1478bb172eeab1c386, 67f4c1c6a1b51e203d986779299824d1c2c590a6CVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 24 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 28bc9a871799363afa3139e961a8e3684feb8704LinuxCVE List
  • 05a7fd80024ff32b9b40ab1478bb172eeab1c386LinuxCVE List
  • 67f4c1c6a1b51e203d986779299824d1c2c590a6LinuxCVE List

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Description

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

smb: client: fix create context out-of-bounds reads

smb2_parse_contexts() validates the complete create-context area but does not limit each record to its Next field before dispatching it. A malformed chain can therefore expose bytes beyond the current context to a handler. The QFid handler also used a full response-structure cast although it only reads DiskFileId.

The SMB2/SMB3 lease parsers made the same layout assumption: they read LeaseState and LeaseFlags at canonical offsets rather than at DataOffset. A valid non-canonical DataOffset could therefore yield unrelated in-bounds data, while a short DataLength was still accepted.

Limit each context to its Next value, reject offsets before the context header, and reject malformed chains. Bound the name range by the current context and do not dispatch a known handler when DataLength is zero. Read the QFid DiskFileId only when the context data covers that field. Parse the lease context from DataOffset and require DataLength to match the v1 or v2 lease_context size used by ksmbd. A size mismatch skips lease parsing without failing the open.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d before e4c49012708c917eafd9c27054b02d0f8b30fe64CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d before 28bc9a871799363afa3139e961a8e3684feb8704CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d before 05a7fd80024ff32b9b40ab1478bb172eeab1c386CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d before cecc5399987e73a528ce2b662eeb54af69163cbdCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b8c32dbb0deb287a5fcb78251e4eae6c7275760d before 67f4c1c6a1b51e203d986779299824d1c2c590a6CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3.7CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 3.7CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.158 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.112 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.55 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.9 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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