CVE-2026-31612
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate EaNameLength in smb2_get_ea() smb2_get_ea() reads ea_req->EaNameLength from the client request and passes it directly to strncmp() as the comparison length without verifying that the length of the name really is the size of the input buffer received. Fix this up by properly checking the size of the name based on the value received and the overall size of the request, to prevent a later strncmp() call to use the length as a "trusted" size of the buffer. Without this check, uninitialized heap values might be slowly leaked to the client.
EPSS 0.05% · 16.2th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.19.14, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 6.12.83 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 24, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 24, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 27, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551dfb15b182abad4600eaf7b37e6eb7000d5b1b url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3363a770b193f555f29d76ddf4ced3305c0ccf6d url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/243b206bcb5a7137e8bddd57b2eec81e1ebd3859 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfc6878d14acafffbe670bf2576620757a10a3d8 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31612 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00154.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00148.html advisory