All vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-99109

Linux: smb: client: reject SetEA requests that do not fit the request buffer

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in9efbd764ab80fa86d2258550877a74d78a25e855Also 4aa2c106aef4bf3dfd97c30842db0767b26e8428CVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 9efbd764ab80fa86d2258550877a74d78a25e855LinuxCVE List
  • 4aa2c106aef4bf3dfd97c30842db0767b26e8428LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

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

smb: client: reject SetEA requests that do not fit the request buffer

CIFSSMBSetEA() copies the caller's extended attribute value into the SMB request buffer without checking that it fits. The requirement is stated in the source but was never implemented:

/*BB add length check to see if it would fit in negotiated SMB buffer size BB */ /* if (ea_value_len > buffer_size - 512 (enough for header)) */ if (ea_value_len) memcpy(parm_data->list.name + name_len + 1, ea_value, ea_value_len);

The only bound applied on the way in is in cifs_xattr_set():

#define MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE CIFSMaxBufSize ... if (size > MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE)

CIFSMaxBufSize is the full payload capacity of the buffer, so a value of exactly that size leaves no room for the SMB header, the TRANS2 parameter block, the fealist header and the EA name that are written ahead of it in the same object.

SendReceive() already enforces the correct limit on this very length:

if (in_len > CIFSMaxBufSize + MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE)

but it is called after the copy has taken place. An unprivileged setxattr(2) on an SMB1 mount with a 250-byte name and a 16384-byte value writes 16384 bytes starting 345 bytes into a 16588-byte cifs_request object, ending 141 bytes past it:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in CIFSSMBSetEA+0xabc/0xde0 Write of size 16384 at addr ffff888003aa0159 by task init/68 __asan_memcpy+0x3c/0x60 CIFSSMBSetEA+0xabc/0xde0 cifs_xattr_set+0xd3a/0xff0 __vfs_setxattr+0x13e/0x1a0 The buggy address is located 345 bytes inside of allocated 16588-byte region

Apply SendReceive()'s limit to the assembled request before the copy rather than after it, and widen the byte counters so the sum cannot wrap before it is tested.

byte_count is also tested against U16_MAX, because it is stored in the 16-bit pSMB->ByteCount. That becomes reachable when CIFSMaxBufSize is raised at module load, where it may be set as high as 1024*127: with a 5-byte EA name and a 65521-byte value, count is exactly U16_MAX while byte_count is 65556, and cpu_to_le16() would truncate it to 20 and transmit a frame whose ByteCount does not match its length. Testing byte_count covers count as well, since byte_count is the larger of the two and count's only 16-bit consumer is written after this point.

check_add_overflow() is evaluated first so that total_len is assigned before it is reported.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9efbd764ab80fa86d2258550877a74d78a25e855CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 4aa2c106aef4bf3dfd97c30842db0767b26e8428CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2.6.12CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 2.6.12CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

References 2