CVE-2026-98405

smb: client: fix missing iov bounds check in parse_posix_sids()

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2026 at 01:27 PM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 02:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix missing iov bounds check in parse_posix_sids() In parse_posix_sids(), sidsbuf_end is calculated using the server-supplied out_len without being validated against the actual length of the received iov (iov_len). If a server provides an inflated out_len, sidsbuf_end will point past the end of the iov. This defeats the bounds guards in posix_info_sid_size(), allowing out-of-bounds reads into adjacent kernel memory. Fix this by rejecting responses where the calculated sidsbuf_end would exceed the received iov boundaries or cause pointer wraparound.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.6.326.8858e74876c5cbff1dfd5bace99e32fbce2abd4b5a90f37e3d7acfd9824f162830583bbf7846fe252
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.112 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.54 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
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