CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43112

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-05-06 Modified 2026-10-19 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-05-06
Last modified
2026-10-19
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

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

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16.1 < 6.6.136) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.83) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.24) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.14) • linux linux kernel 5.16 • linux linux kernel 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References