CVE-2026-98127 PUBLISHED

smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range

smb3_insert_range() does not check if the new file size (i_size + len) is valid. This allows FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE to bypass RLIMIT_FSIZE, exceed s_maxbytes, or produce a size outside the loff_t range.

Use check_add_overflow() to calculate the new EOF. Validate it with inode_newsize_ok() before modifying the file.

Reproducer, using a file on a CIFS mount:

<pre>bash -c ' FILE=/mnt/cifs/repro trap "" SIGXFSZ ulimit -f 3072 # RLIMIT_FSIZE = 3 MiB # A regular write is stopped at 3 MiB. dd if=/dev/zero of="$FILE" bs=1M count=4 status=none stat -c "size after write: %s" "$FILE" # Insert 2 MiB into a 2 MiB file. truncate -s 2M "$FILE" fallocate -i -o 0 -l 2M "$FILE" stat -c "size after insert: %s" "$FILE" ' </pre>

Before this change, the regular write stops at the 3 MiB limit, but insert range grows the file to 4 MiB:

<pre>dd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large size after write: 3145728 size after insert: 4194304 </pre>

After this change, insert range also fails at the limit and leaves the 2 MiB file unchanged:

<pre>dd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large size after write: 3145728 fallocate: fallocate failed: File too large size after insert: 2097152 </pre>

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73 to 7c2c69045aa76ccaa7f16f1478eb312130ce4951 (excl.)
  • affected from 7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73 to bc7602b9082ef195d913c4c16fa9853dd262333e (excl.)
  • affected from 7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73 to f8cbfe3a3fcee7d991fd223f660f3e5df13221cf (excl.)
  • affected from 7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73 to 1519dc88c87f5346dae0464d7d6da1b6bf1f6e8e (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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