CVE-2024-26954: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 6.1.119 (fixed in 6.1.119); from 6.2, before 6.7.12 (fixed in 6.7.12); from 6.8, before 6.8.3 (fixed in 6.8.3)

Published 2024-05-01. Last modified 2026-08-04.