Stale data leak in Linux kernel ksmbd FS_OBJECT_ID_INFORMATION reply
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
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The ksmbd SMB server in the Linux kernel from 5.15 does not zero the FS_OBJECT_ID_INFORMATION response buffer before filling it in. In a compound request, up to 31 bytes of an earlier reply can be returned to the client, including data from a reply that failed with an access denied error.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: zero the FS_OBJECT_ID_INFORMATION buffer before filling it in smb2_get_info_filesystem() reports 64 bytes for FS_OBJECT_ID_INFORMATION, that is the whole of struct object_id_info, but writes only 46 of them: - objid[] is 16 bytes, and when the volume UUID is not available only sizeof(stfs.f_fsid) (8) bytes are copied into it; - extended_info.version_string[] is STRING_LENGTH (28) bytes, and only strlen("1.1.0") (5) bytes are copied into it. The response buffer is zeroed on allocation (kvzalloc() in smb2_allocate_rsp_buf()), so for a standalone request the remaining 31 bytes are zero. In a compound request they need not be. The offset of the next response is advanced by the length pinned for the previous one, so if a preceding command wrote its reply into the buffer and then failed, smb2_set_err_rsp() pins only the short error response and the next reply lands inside the area that has already been written. Only the header is cleared there: memset((char *)rsp_hdr, 0, sizeof(struct smb2_hdr) + 2); The client then receives up to 31 bytes of a response it was not meant to see, including one that failed with an access denied error. Clear the structure before filling it in. As a side effect version_string is now NUL terminated.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Linux kernel fixed versions are 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13 and 7.3. The sources list no advisory identifiers for these fixes.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99113
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-3hcx-97mc-6xww
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1a35a81c302b36fe4acd35b47b51d5d73e89ba0a, Linux/Linux@3fc33ac2125b60f103592b83821f69f3f9aa23ba, Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd0f13de153d7094b85034daffa7533d7c2b17a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90898571fb2c6813c007a62833dd65c00481d44e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a35a81c302b36fe4acd35b47b51d5d73e89ba0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc33ac2125b60f103592b83821f69f3f9aa23ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898cb4f2e12a5ddea1b2d821cc642c3100f46da7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015fffa48e96ca8d73a627445341ccff86b02251
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/399aa12450a61a5c73dc77e73f069ece9687c95d
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99113 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99113 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3hcx-97mc-6xww · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99113 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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