Bug 2541317 (CVE-2026-98127) - CVE-2026-98127 kernel: smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range
Summary: CVE-2026-98127 kernel: smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98127
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 13:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:22:53 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range

smb3_insert_range() does not check if the new file size
(i_size + len) is valid. This allows FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE to bypass
RLIMIT_FSIZE, exceed s_maxbytes, or produce a size outside the loff_t
range.

Use check_add_overflow() to calculate the new EOF. Validate it with
inode_newsize_ok() before modifying the file.

Reproducer, using a file on a CIFS mount:

	bash -c '
		FILE=/mnt/cifs/repro

		trap "" SIGXFSZ
		ulimit -f 3072		# RLIMIT_FSIZE = 3 MiB

		# A regular write is stopped at 3 MiB.
		dd if=/dev/zero of="$FILE" bs=1M count=4 status=none
		stat -c "size after write: %s" "$FILE"

		# Insert 2 MiB into a 2 MiB file.
		truncate -s 2M "$FILE"
		fallocate -i -o 0 -l 2M "$FILE"
		stat -c "size after insert: %s" "$FILE"
	'

Before this change, the regular write stops at the 3 MiB limit, but
insert range grows the file to 4 MiB:

	dd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large
	size after write: 3145728
	size after insert: 4194304

After this change, insert range also fails at the limit and leaves the
2 MiB file unchanged:

	dd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large
	size after write: 3145728
	fallocate: fallocate failed: File too large
	size after insert: 2097152


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