fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 72% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath
When cifs_sanitize_prepath is called with an empty string or a string
containing only delimiters (e.g., "/"), the current logic attempts to
check *(cursor2 - 1) before cursor2 has advanced. This results in an
out-of-bounds read.
This patch adds an early exit check after stripping prepended
delimiters. If no path content remains, the function returns NULL.
The bug was identified via manual audit and verified using a
standalone test case compiled with AddressSanitizer, which
triggered a SEGV on affected inputs.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34911https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36018https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36365https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36366https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40764https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43112https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467015https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d29214448ec0f4e7e18bb1c14dd4a6c07f1c439https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b1ce6d7cfb6c5a49f68bf5ccfcfb6ba14e63c3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4fe469fe7dbff7d874c196bb680a82f2625d95https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78ec5bf2f589ec7fd8f169394bfeca541b077317https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86f9c23e0814cfdffda9eedf0c591c51ba209010