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HIGHCVE-2026-31707Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-31707: ksmbd: validate response sizes in ipc_validate_msg()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate response sizes in ipc_validate_msg() ipc_validate_msg() computes the expected message size for each response type by adding (or multiplying) attacker-controlled fields from the daemon response to a fixed struct size in unsigned int arithmetic. Three cases can overflow: KSMBD_EVENT_RPC_REQUEST: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_rpc_command) + resp->payload_sz; KSMBD_EVENT_SHARE_CONFIG_REQUEST: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_share_config_response) + resp->payload_sz; KSMBD_EVENT_LOGIN_REQUEST_EXT: msg_sz = sizeof(struct ksmbd_login_response_ext) + resp->ngroups * sizeof(gid_t); resp->payload_sz is __u32 and resp->ngroups is __s32. Each addition can wrap in unsigned int; the multiplication by sizeof(gid_t) mixes signed and size_t, so a negative ngroups is converted to SIZE_MAX before the multiply. A wrapped value of msg_sz that happens to equal entry->msg_sz bypasses the size check on the next line, and downstream consumers (smb2pdu.c:6742 memcpy using rpc_resp->payload_sz, kmemdup in ksmbd_alloc_user using resp_ext->ngroups) then trust the unverified length. Use check_add_overflow() on the RPC_REQUEST and SHARE_CONFIG_REQUEST paths to detect integer overflow without constraining functional payload size; userspace ksmbd-tools grows NDR responses in 4096-byte chunks for calls like NetShareEnumAll, so a hard transport cap is unworkable on the response side. For LOGIN_REQUEST_EXT, reject resp->ngroups outside the signed [0, NGROUPS_MAX] range up front and report the error from ipc_validate_msg() so it fires at the IPC boundary; with that bound the subsequent multiplication and addition stay well below UINT_MAX. The now-redundant ngroups check and pr_err in ksmbd_alloc_user() are removed. This is the response-side analogue of aab98e2dbd64 ("ksmbd: fix integer overflows on 32 bit systems"), which hardened the request side.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.1
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

0299db777ea0cfa5c407e41b045c24a14c034c27b6.6.1416.12.846.18.257.0.27.1-rc17dd0c858e1909769a4c91842724315ee74f1a5f199c631d0366c1eab8fb188fe66425f4581ebdde4bf396208418371174869baba9434535cd3288e80d6a6aa81eac2c9bff66dc6e191179cb69a14426b
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < bf396208418371174869baba9434535cd3288e80 (from 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf) · < 7dd0c858e1909769a4c91842724315ee74f1a5f1 (from 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf) · < 299db777ea0cfa5c407e41b045c24a14c034c27b (from 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf) · < 99c631d0366c1eab8fb188fe66425f4581ebdde4 (from 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf) · < d6a6aa81eac2c9bff66dc6e191179cb69a14426b (from 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf)
  • Linux / Linux
    5.15
    Fixed in 0, 6.6.141, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 7.0.2, 7.1-rc1
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H