High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-26954
CVE-2024-26954
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in smb_strndup_from_utf16()
If ->NameOffset of smb2_create_req is smaller than Buffer offset of smb2_create_req, slab-out-of-bounds read can happen from smb2_open. This patch set the minimum value of the name offset to the buffer offset to validate name length of smb2_create_req().
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b8da67191e938a63d2736dabb4ac5d337e5de57nvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f97e6a9d62cb1fce82fbf4baff44b83221bc178nvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a80a486d72e20bd12c335bcd38b6e6f19356b0aanvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d70c2e0904ab3715c5673fd45788a464a246d1dbnvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e4937cbc150f9d5a9b5576e1922ef0b5ed2eb72nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.htmlnvd
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