CVE-2026-31612

HIGH

ksmbd: validate EaNameLength in smb2_get_ea()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate EaNameLength in smb2_get_ea() smb2_get_ea() reads ea_req->EaNameLength from the client request and passes it directly to strncmp() as the comparison length without verifying that the length of the name really is the size of the input buffer received. Fix this up by properly checking the size of the name based on the value received and the overall size of the request, to prevent a later strncmp() call to use the length as a "trusted" size of the buffer. Without this check, uninitialized heap values might be slowly leaked to the client.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 33.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.24linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.136linux
linux/Kernel 6.20.0 - 7.0.1linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.83linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 243b206bcb5a7137e8bddd57b2eec81e1ebd3859
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3363a770b193f555f29d76ddf4ced3305c0ccf6d
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 551dfb15b182abad4600eaf7b37e6eb7000d5b1b
... and 18 more
Published Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 24, 2026