Bug 2562740 (CVE-2026-99114)

Summary: CVE-2026-99114 kernel: ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd, an in-kernel Server Message Block (SMB) file server. This vulnerability allows an information disclosure where residual data from previous responses can be leaked to a client. A remote client can exploit this flaw by sending crafted compound requests, triggering the server to return uninitialized buffer data containing remnants of earlier operations.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 11:00:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION

smb2_get_info_filesystem() reports 48 bytes for FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION,
that is the whole of struct smb2_fs_control_info, but never assigns
FileSystemControlFlags.  Those four bytes go to the client as they are
found in the response buffer.

The buffer is zeroed on allocation, so a standalone request leaks
nothing.  A compound request can leak: the offset of the next response
is advanced by the length pinned for the previous one, so a reply that
was written into the buffer and then dropped in favour of the short
error response of smb2_set_err_rsp() stays there, and the next reply is
laid over it with only the header cleared.

ksmbd does not implement quota tracking, so report no control flags.