CVE 8.1 HIGH

smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path_CVE-2026-31708

8.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path

smb2_ioctl_query_info() has two response-copy branches: PASSTHRU_FSCTL
and the default QUERY_INFO path. The QUERY_INFO branch clamps
qi.input_buffer_length to the server-reported OutputBufferLength and then
copies qi.input_buffer_length bytes from qi_rsp->Buffer to userspace, but
it never verifies that the flexible-array payload actually fits within
rsp_iov[1].iov_len.

A malicious server can return OutputBufferLength larger than the actual
QUERY_INFO response, causing copy_to_user() to walk past the response
buffer and expose adjacent kernel heap to userspace.

Guard the QUERY_INFO copy with a bounds check on the actual Buffer
payload. Use struct_size(qi_rsp, Buffer, qi.input_buffer_length)
rather than an open-coded addition so the guard cannot overflow on
32-bit builds.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-31708
Source Linux
Published May 1, 2026 at 13:56
Modified May 3, 2026 at 05:45

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Affected Versions Linux Linux f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Linux Linux f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Linux Linux f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Linux Linux f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Linux Linux f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f
Linux Linux 5.1

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