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CVE-2026-43112

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
06/05/2026
Last modified:
08/05/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath<br /> <br /> When cifs_sanitize_prepath is called with an empty string or a string<br /> containing only delimiters (e.g., "/"), the current logic attempts to<br /> check *(cursor2 - 1) before cursor2 has advanced. This results in an<br /> out-of-bounds read.<br /> <br /> This patch adds an early exit check after stripping prepended<br /> delimiters. If no path content remains, the function returns NULL.<br /> <br /> The bug was identified via manual audit and verified using a<br /> standalone test case compiled with AddressSanitizer, which<br /> triggered a SEGV on affected inputs.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16.1 (including) 6.6.136 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.24 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 6.19.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

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