ksmbd: validate response sizes in ipc_validate_msg() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate response sizes in ipc_validate_msg() ipc_validate_msg() computes the expected message size for each response type by adding (or multiplying) attacker-controlled fields from the daemon response to a fixed struct size in unsigned int arithmetic. Three cases can overflow: KSMBD_EVENT_RPC_REQUEST: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_rpc_command) + resp->payload_sz; KSMBD_EVENT_SHARE_CONFIG_REQUEST: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_share_config_response) + resp->payload_sz; KSMBD_EVENT_LOGIN_REQUEST_EXT: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_login_response_ext) + resp->ngroups * sizeof(gid_t); resp->payload_sz is __u32 and resp->ngroups is __s32. Each addition can wrap in unsigned int; the multiplication by sizeof(gid_t) mixes signed and size_t, so a negative ngroups is converted to SIZE_MAX before the multiply. A wrapped value of msg_sz that happens to equal entry->msg_sz bypasses the size check on the next line, and downstream consumers (smb2pdu.c:6742 memcpy using rpc_resp->payload_sz, kmemdup in ksmbd_alloc_user using resp_ext->ngroups) then trust the unverified length. Use check_add_overflow() on the RPC_REQUEST and SHARE_CONFIG_REQUEST paths to detect integer overflow without constraining functional payload size; userspace ksmbd-tools grows NDR responses in 4096-byte chunks for calls like NetShareEnumAll, so a hard transport cap is unworkable on the response side. For LOGIN_REQUEST_EXT, reject resp->ngroups outside the signed [0, NGROUPS_MAX] range up front and report the error from ipc_validate_msg() so it fires at the IPC boundary; with that bound the subsequent multiplication and addition stay well below UINT_MAX. The now-redundant ngroups check and pr_err in ksmbd_alloc_user() are removed. This is the response-side analogue of aab98e2dbd64 ("ksmbd: fix integer overflows on 32 bit systems"), which hardened the request side.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52518503a1a00bc33e9522c4eb05df023e3ae978
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf396208418371174869baba9434535cd3288e80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd0c858e1909769a4c91842724315ee74f1a5f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299db777ea0cfa5c407e41b045c24a14c034c27b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c631d0366c1eab8fb188fe66425f4581ebdde4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6a6aa81eac2c9bff66dc6e191179cb69a14426b
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-26516
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-31707
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1066 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0954 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0926 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0861 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0831 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.15 < 6.12.84cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.18.25cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 7.0.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 52518503a1a00bc33e9522c4eb05df023e3ae978 ; affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < bf396208418371174869baba9434535cd3288e80 ; affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 7dd0c858e1909769a4c91842724315ee74f1a5f1 ; affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 299db777ea0cfa5c407e41b045c24a14c034c27b ; affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < 99c631d0366c1eab8fb188fe66425f4581ebdde4 ; affected 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf < d6a6aa81eac2c9bff66dc6e191179cb69a14426b |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.15 ; unaffected 0 < 5.15 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.141 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.84 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.25 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |