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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | smb: client: fix next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:44:15.927Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.322Z
Link: CVE-2026-98171
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:17:58.773
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:17:58.773
Link: CVE-2026-98171
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