cifs: validate idmap key payload length
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: validate idmap key payload length The cifs.idmap key type stores its payload length in key->datalen, which is limited to U16_MAX. Accepting a larger key payload truncates the recorded length and can make later users interpret the payload using inconsistent bounds. Reject oversized preparsed payloads before allocating or copying them. This keeps key->datalen consistent with the stored data for both inline and separately allocated idmap payloads.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93785
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qvvf-f4g9-5p95
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@125b05ac8ca8758950e4369c1542d57a162f504c, Linux/Linux@3a4a34a732e8a08309eed0a74314dbd9f2f1c972, Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeac976b74b4f697cfc517187b7cbfd72652dbbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125b05ac8ca8758950e4369c1542d57a162f504c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/945f6cde6bcf8f08f6fa5df8882b1b9582e55efa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4a34a732e8a08309eed0a74314dbd9f2f1c972
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cfeef221ac00d63c07f6122f58e6159bde69ca0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b12f65d7caf16d124098cb4895a203367d35b57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455488cd5054bcc59db40fa1cc2c004031a5b2a5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93785 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93785 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qvvf-f4g9-5p95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93785 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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