CVE-2026-46185 (GCVE-0-2026-46185)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 09:36 – Updated: 2026-10-19 19:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in symlink_data()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in symlink_data()
Since smb2_check_message() returns success without length validation for
the symlink error response, in symlink_data() it is possible for
iov->iov_len to be smaller than sizeof(struct smb2_err_rsp). If the buffer
only contains the base SMB2 header (64 bytes), accessing
err->ErrorContextCount (at offset 66) or err->ByteCount later in
symlink_data() will cause an out-of-bounds read.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
3 products
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < 2be11faf79e49fb8250a181ff0b4d2b2f084af83
(git)
Affected: 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < ef6495d4df6e7af8f3de67e65150881c880f696c (git) Affected: 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < 15dc0a4de743a1aaa7b859b3aea79f08c695396c (git) Affected: 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < b8c8a704f0bc133deb171f6aeb6f3a684203e212 (git) Affected: 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < b9561402489d41149f63e001a74384863b7b30a6 (git) Affected: 76894f3e2f71177747b8b4763fb180e800279585 , < d62b8d236fab503c6fec1d3e9a38bea71feaca20 (git) Affected: 2d046892a493d9760c35fdaefc3017f27f91b621 (git) Affected: 6.0.16 , < 6.1 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.88 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.30 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.7 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed | |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem |
Affected:
0 , < *
(custom)
|
guessed |
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