smb: client: validate absolute native symlink targets before NT fixups
With symlinkroot unset, an absolute target is copied without conversion
to an NT drive path. Later code still assumes an NT prefix is present
when modifying the target and calculating the print name length.
For "/ab", this causes two failures: sym[5] and path[5] are written
past their allocations, and plen -= 2 * poff subtracts an assumed
8-byte prefix from a 6-byte UTF-16 target, wrapping u16 plen to 65534.
That underflow causes another overflow: memcpy() copies 65534 bytes
into a 24-byte buffer. A user with write access to a mounted share
can trigger these bugs with default settings.
Validate the NT drive prefix, including an ASCII drive letter, before
accessing fixed offsets or subtracting the prefix length.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-119 |
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-119 |
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate absolute native symlink targets before NT fixups With symlinkroot unset, an absolute target is copied without conversion to an NT drive path. Later code still assumes an NT prefix is present when modifying the target and calculating the print name length. For "/ab", this causes two failures: sym[5] and path[5] are written past their allocations, and plen -= 2 * poff subtracts an assumed 8-byte prefix from a 6-byte UTF-16 target, wrapping u16 plen to 65534. That underflow causes another overflow: memcpy() copies 65534 bytes into a 24-byte buffer. A user with write access to a mounted share can trigger these bugs with default settings. Validate the NT drive prefix, including an ASCII drive letter, before accessing fixed offsets or subtracting the prefix length. | |
| Title | smb: client: validate absolute native symlink targets before NT fixups | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:46:13.140Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.340Z
Link: CVE-2026-98318
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:23.670
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:18:23.670
Link: CVE-2026-98318
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-06T17:30:04Z
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