CVE-2026-31708
Reported by Linux · Published May 1, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path smb2_ioctl_query_info() has two response-copy branches: PASSTHRU_FSCTL and the default QUERY_INFO path. The QUERY_INFO branch clamps qi.input_buffer_length to the server-reported OutputBufferLength and then copies qi.input_buffer_length bytes from qi_rsp->Buffer to userspace, but it never verifies that the flexible-array payload actually fits within rsp_iov[1].iov_len. A malicious server can return OutputBufferLength larger than the actual QUERY_INFO response, causing copy_to_user() to walk past the response buffer and expose adjacent kernel heap to userspace. Guard the QUERY_INFO copy with a bounds check on the actual Buffer payload. Use struct_size(qi_rsp, Buffer, qi.input_buffer_length) rather than an open-coded addition so the guard cannot overflow on 32-bit builds.
EPSS 0.04% · 13.5th percentile
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Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f, f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f, f5778c398713692a16150ae96e5c8270bab8399f |
| Linux | Linux | 5.1, 0, 6.6.136 |
| Linux | Linux | *, 6.18.25, 7.0.2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.1, 5.1, 5.1 |
Timeline
- May 1, 2026 CVE Published
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