CVE-2026-98169

smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots()

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Oct 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots()

If snapshot_array_size is smaller than GMT_TOKEN_SIZE, smb3_enum_snapshots() sets ret_data_len to sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) without verifying the actual length of the server's reply.

Because SMB2_ioctl() places no lower bound on the server-supplied OutputCount and allocates retbuf to exactly that length, a short reply results in ret_data_len exceeding the size of retbuf. The subsequent copy_to_user() then reads past the end of retbuf, leaking adjacent slab memory to userspace. The subsequent clamp check is ineffective as it only reduces ret_data_len.

Fix this by rejecting replies shorter than sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) with -EIO. Note that the bound is set to the 12-byte struct size rather than the 16-byte MIN_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY_SIZE defined in MS-SMB2 3.3.5.15.1, because 12 bytes is exactly what copy_to_user() attempts to read.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 67ef1d6da00f4f39eb5fcebe7a44fe494b645059Affected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 5edf5b398d49b881c0df79d6e4f6df251236c533Affected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 15a221c734b9d044ab769e7e3606b2cab96fb65aAffected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 74995ee8305a7c4d76ee70d6acd996a75eda3c03Affected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 210f0f1f67817e7d2348b86b5115a9b85ef5c98bAffected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 1cdf0d304d820fb13bf0faf532c3459600f9ea43Affected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before dbe452a905dfe2804647530a9ff3d7e3826ed04dAffected
  • e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to before 4775c3b7a597907e0b97556c7986fda238a377aeAffected
  • a94703ff8e3647f8a9a3a92a468450299a7b77e9Affected
  • 82a856f527334ffd69aae26e7dd9e03b19c4a520Affected
  • 25b981bfe192fd208ba04c81f4aa30ffb5141660Affected
  • 4.9.125 to before 4.10Affected
  • 4.14.68 to before 4.15Affected
  • 4.18.6 to before 4.19Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.19Affected
  • before 4.19Not affected
  • 5.10.273 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.224 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.54 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.8 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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