Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink()
When parsing a share-root relative native symlink, memcpy copies
smb_target+1 (skipping the leading separator) but uses
strlen(smb_target)+1 as the length, reading one byte past the
allocated buffer.
This fixes the following KASAN splat when accessing an SMB symlink
with a target of '\a\b':
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
Read of size 5 at addr ffff88800878fe21 by task netfsfuzz-execu/1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: netfsfuzz-execu Tainted: G N
7.2.0-11943-g2709dd5ae32f-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix,
1996)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x7b/0xa0
print_report+0xd0/0x630
kasan_report+0xe5/0x120
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
parse_reparse_point+0x68a/0x1530
reparse_info_to_fattr+0x752/0xa20
cifs_get_fattr+0x873/0x15b0
cifs_get_inode_info+0xc0/0x310
cifs_lookup+0x308/0xa70
__lookup_slow+0x122/0x2b0
lookup_slow+0x50/0x70
path_lookupat+0x525/0xaf0
filename_lookup+0x1f2/0x550
vfs_statx+0xd1/0x1a0
vfs_fstatat+0x65/0xc0
__do_sys_newfstatat+0x9a/0x120
do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x4a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink()
When parsing a share-root relative native symlink, memcpy copies
smb_target+1 (skipping the leading separator) but uses
strlen(smb_target)+1 as the length, reading one byte past the
allocated buffer.
This fixes the following KASAN splat when accessing an SMB symlink
with a target of '\a\b':
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
Read of size 5 at addr ffff88800878fe21 by task netfsfuzz-execu/1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: netfsfuzz-execu Tainted: G N
7.2.0-11943-g2709dd5ae32f-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix,
1996)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x7b/0xa0
print_report+0xd0/0x630
kasan_report+0xe5/0x120
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
parse_reparse_point+0x68a/0x1530
reparse_info_to_fattr+0x752/0xa20
cifs_get_fattr+0x873/0x15b0
cifs_get_inode_info+0xc0/0x310
cifs_lookup+0x308/0xa70
__lookup_slow+0x122/0x2b0
lookup_slow+0x50/0x70
path_lookupat+0x525/0xaf0
filename_lookup+0x1f2/0x550
vfs_statx+0xd1/0x1a0
vfs_fstatat+0x65/0xc0
__do_sys_newfstatat+0x9a/0x120
do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x4a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Published:
2026-09-25
Score:
n/a
EPSS:
n/a
KEV:
No
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History
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink() When parsing a share-root relative native symlink, memcpy copies smb_target+1 (skipping the leading separator) but uses strlen(smb_target)+1 as the length, reading one byte past the allocated buffer. This fixes the following KASAN splat when accessing an SMB symlink with a target of '\a\b': BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0 Read of size 5 at addr ffff88800878fe21 by task netfsfuzz-execu/1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: netfsfuzz-execu Tainted: G N 7.2.0-11943-g2709dd5ae32f-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996) Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x7b/0xa0 print_report+0xd0/0x630 kasan_report+0xe5/0x120 kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0 __asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60 smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0 parse_reparse_point+0x68a/0x1530 reparse_info_to_fattr+0x752/0xa20 cifs_get_fattr+0x873/0x15b0 cifs_get_inode_info+0xc0/0x310 cifs_lookup+0x308/0xa70 __lookup_slow+0x122/0x2b0 lookup_slow+0x50/0x70 path_lookupat+0x525/0xaf0 filename_lookup+0x1f2/0x550 vfs_statx+0xd1/0x1a0 vfs_fstatat+0x65/0xc0 __do_sys_newfstatat+0x9a/0x120 do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x4a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f | |
| Title | smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-25T10:21:49.462Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.155Z
Link: CVE-2026-97560
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:06.537
Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:06.537
Link: CVE-2026-97560
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