CVE 8.1 HIGH

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()_CVE-2026-43362

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

Description

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

smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()

SMB2_write() places write payload in iov[1..n] as part of rq_iov.
smb3_init_transform_rq() pointer-shares rq_iov, so crypt_message()
encrypts iov[1] in-place, replacing the original plaintext with
ciphertext. On a replayable error, the retry sends the same iov[1]
which now contains ciphertext instead of the original data,
resulting in corruption.

The corruption is most likely to be observed when connections are
unstable, as reconnects trigger write retries that re-send the
already-encrypted data.

This affects SFU mknod, MF symlinks, etc. On kernels before
6.10 (prior to the netfs conversion), sync writes also used
this path and were similarly affected. The async write path
wasn't unaffected as it uses rq_iter which gets deep-copied.

Fix by moving the write payload into rq_iter via iov_iter_kvec(),
so smb3_init_transform_rq() deep-copies it before encryption.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-43362
Source Linux
Published May 8, 2026 at 14:21
Modified May 11, 2026 at 06:33

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Affected Versions Linux Linux 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Linux Linux 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Linux Linux 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Linux Linux 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Linux Linux 026e93dc0a3eefb0be060bcb9ecd8d7a7fd5c398
Linux Linux 4.11

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