CVE-2026-98171 PUBLISHED

smb: client: fix next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs

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 next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs

Fix several related bounds checking and pointer lifecycle issues in receive_encrypted_standard()'s handling of compound encrypted frames:

  • Clear next_buffer after assigning it to server->bigbuf. A stale next_buffer pointer can lead to a use-after-free on subsequent error paths.
  • Update pdu_length to the decrypted plaintext size (buf_size). Using the pre-decryption length allows NextCommand to point into stale ciphertext residue.
  • Reject next_cmd values smaller than MID_HEADER_SIZE(server).
  • Fix an integer overflow in the upper bound check by verifying pdu_length - next_cmd < MID_HEADER_SIZE(server), ensuring the trailing slice is large enough for a header.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 72eaef1f37a3b6bec11c342736834dc3707be3e4 (excl.)
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 491e33144dee872cffda207f6fcb09260728f803 (excl.)
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 8749946579708ea0d339034bb7f423a67dbe89cf (excl.)
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 96c436e4b010711452b2872558938f4ef276492a (excl.)
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 858d5ac22cb889266993e7670f9f0c4f4aeedd78 (excl.)
  • affected from b24df3e30cbf48255db866720fb71f14bf9d2f39 to 05762c5bc1cfdcac36747994fde2c04387a457f1 (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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