CVE-2024-26936

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Analyzed
Published: 01 May 2024, 05:26
Last modified:11 May 2026, 20:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 May 2024, 05:26
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 May 2026, 20:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate request buffer size in smb2_allocate_rsp_buf() The response buffer should be allocated in smb2_allocate_rsp_buf before validating request. But the fields in payload as well as smb2 header is used in smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(). This patch add simple buffer size validation to avoid potencial out-of-bounds in request buffer.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02% Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux

    ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 8f3d0bf1d0c62b539d54c5b9108a845cff619b99 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 21ff9d7d223c5c19cb4334009e4c0c83a2f4d674 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 5c20b242d4fed73a93591e48bfd9772e2322fb11 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 2c27a64a2bc47d9bfc7c3cf8be14be53b1ee7cb6 | ≥ 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, < 17cf0c2794bdb6f39671265aa18aea5c22ee8c4a | 5.15

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 5.15, < 5.15.159 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.88 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.29 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.8 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2 | 6.9:rc3 | 6.9:rc4 | 6.9:rc5

References (5)