CVE-2026-98169 PUBLISHED

smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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

smb: client: fix potential OOB read in smb3_enum_snapshots()

If snapshot_array_size is smaller than GMT_TOKEN_SIZE, smb3_enum_snapshots() sets ret_data_len to sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) without verifying the actual length of the server's reply.

Because SMB2_ioctl() places no lower bound on the server-supplied OutputCount and allocates retbuf to exactly that length, a short reply results in ret_data_len exceeding the size of retbuf. The subsequent copy_to_user() then reads past the end of retbuf, leaking adjacent slab memory to userspace. The subsequent clamp check is ineffective as it only reduces ret_data_len.

Fix this by rejecting replies shorter than sizeof(struct smb_snapshot_array) with -EIO. Note that the bound is set to the 12-byte struct size rather than the 16-byte MIN_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY_SIZE defined in MS-SMB2 3.3.5.15.1, because 12 bytes is exactly what copy_to_user() attempts to read.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to 15a221c734b9d044ab769e7e3606b2cab96fb65a (excl.)
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to 74995ee8305a7c4d76ee70d6acd996a75eda3c03 (excl.)
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to 210f0f1f67817e7d2348b86b5115a9b85ef5c98b (excl.)
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to 1cdf0d304d820fb13bf0faf532c3459600f9ea43 (excl.)
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to dbe452a905dfe2804647530a9ff3d7e3826ed04d (excl.)
  • affected from e02789a53d71334b067ad72eee5d4e88a0158083 to 4775c3b7a597907e0b97556c7986fda238a377ae (excl.)
  • Version a94703ff8e3647f8a9a3a92a468450299a7b77e9 is affected
  • Version 82a856f527334ffd69aae26e7dd9e03b19c4a520 is affected
  • Version 25b981bfe192fd208ba04c81f4aa30ffb5141660 is affected
  • affected from 4.9.125 to 4.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.14.68 to 4.15 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.18.6 to 4.19 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.19 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.189 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.158 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.54 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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