Bug 2546433 (CVE-2026-98168) - CVE-2026-98168 kernel: smb: client: fix reparse buffer bounds in cifs_query_reparse_point()
Summary: CVE-2026-98168 kernel: smb: client: fix reparse buffer bounds in cifs_query_r...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98168
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-06 19:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:20:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: fix reparse buffer bounds in cifs_query_reparse_point()

In cifs_query_reparse_point(), the start >= end check before casting to
struct reparse_data_buffer * only ensures the start pointer is within the
response. It fails to verify that there is enough space remaining for the
fixed 8-byte header of the structure.

If a server provides a DataOffset that leaves less than 8 bytes remaining,
the check passes, but subsequent reads of ReparseTag and ReparseDataLength
will occur out-of-bounds.

Fix this by ensuring the remaining space is at least the size of the
reparse_data_buffer structure before accessing its fields.


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