smb: client: validate the data area in SMB2_read()
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
SMB2_read() in the Linux kernel SMB client, affected from 3.7, copies DataLength bytes from DataOffset without checking that the range lies within the response received. A READ response with DataOffset 0 passes the message check with only the fixed response size. A malicious server can send an 81-byte READ response with DataOffset 0 and DataLength 1067 during the synchronous read used by the mfsymlinks or SFU symlink parser, making the client copy 1067 bytes from a 448-byte receive object (KASAN slab-out-of-bounds, up to 16 KiB in the general case). Red Hat rates it Important, and CISA has not added it to KEV.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-08
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate the data area in SMB2_read() SMB2_read() copies le32_to_cpu(rsp->DataLength) bytes from (char *)rsp + rsp->DataOffset without checking that the range lies within the response actually received. A READ response with DataOffset == 0 makes smb2_get_data_area_len() zero the data length, so smb2_check_message() accepts a frame as short as the fixed response, while SMB2_read() still uses the server-supplied DataLength, capped only by CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE and the caller's length. A malicious server can answer the synchronous read used by the mfsymlinks (or SFU) symlink parser with an 81-byte READ response carrying DataOffset 0 and DataLength 1067, making the client copy 1067 bytes from a 448-byte receive object (KASAN slab-out-of-bounds; up to 16 KiB in the general case). Clamp a zero (or header-overlapping) DataOffset to read_rsp_size, as handle_read_data() does for the asynchronous path, and reject the response unless DataOffset + DataLength fits within rsp_iov.iov_len. The SMB1 helper was fixed the same way in 5be5bdda5863.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Install a kernel with the fix: 7.3.2 or 7.4-rc1. The fix clamps a zero or header-overlapping DataOffset to read_rsp_size and rejects responses where DataOffset plus DataLength exceeds the received length. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5 have no fix available yet.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-08
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 7.3.2, 7.4-rc1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99272
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-v53x-4q93-v6hp
- 2026-11-08 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-08 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99272 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99272 · NVD
- GHSA-v53x-4q93-v6hp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99272 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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