CVE-2026-98170: vulnerability in Linux
smb: client: fix OOB struct field reads in move_smb2_ea_to_cifs()
Published
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 91% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix OOB struct field reads in move_smb2_ea_to_cifs()
In move_smb2_ea_to_cifs(), the while (src_size > 0) loop condition is
insufficient. It allows iteration to continue even if the remaining
src_size is too small to contain a complete smb2_ea_info structure.
Consequently, reads of ea_name_length and ea_value_length can occur
out-of-bounds.
Fix this by ensuring src_size >= sizeof(*src) before attempting to read
any structure fields. Additionally, reject any next_entry_offset that is
smaller than sizeof(*src) or that would advance the pointer beyond the
available buffer.
Note that for calls where the server returns a malformed EA list, the
error returned to userspace changes from -ENODATA (getxattr) or
-ERANGE (listxattr) to -EIO. This correctly signals a server protocol
error rather than misleadingly indicating "attribute not present" or
"output buffer too small".
Affected products
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