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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-98171

smb: client: fix next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs Fix several related bounds checking and pointer lifecycle issues in receive_encrypted_standard()'s handling of compound encrypted frames: - Clear next_buffer after assigning it to server->bigbuf. A stale next_buffer pointer can lead to a use-after-free on subsequent error paths. - Update pdu_length to the decrypted plaintext size (buf_size). Using the pre-decryption length allows NextCommand to point into stale ciphertext residue. - Reject next_cmd values smaller than MID_HEADER_SIZE(server). - Fix an integer overflow in the upper bound check by verifying pdu_length - next_cmd < MID_HEADER_SIZE(server), ensuring the trailing slice is large enough for a header.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 1ed29f7a03417b405f38c09cfe04124883127b53affected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 7f022867ec9f0166a0b4400385bb601b1c6b2c75affected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 72eaef1f37a3b6bec11c342736834dc3707be3e4affected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 491e33144dee872cffda207f6fcb09260728f803affected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 8749946579708ea0d339034bb7f423a67dbe89cfaffected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 96c436e4b010711452b2872558938f4ef276492aaffected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 858d5ac22cb889266993e7670f9f0c4f4aeedd78affected
  • b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to < 05762c5bc1cfdcac36747994fde2c04387a457f1affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.19affected
  • 0 to < 4.19unaffected
  • 5.10.273 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.224 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.54 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.8 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References