GHSA-58x9-22gw-84q7CriticalCVSS 9.4

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals:...

Published
October 30, 2025
Last Modified
July 30, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input

Malicious SMB server can send invalid reply to FSCTL_DFS_GET_REFERRALS

  • reply smaller than sizeof(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp)
  • reply with number of referrals smaller than NumberOfReferrals in the header

Processing of such replies will cause oob.

Return -EINVAL error on such replies to prevent oob-s.

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