CVE-2026-64448EPSS p48.6%
CVE-2026-64448CVE-2026-64448
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area
smb2_check_message() has a long-standing quirk that accepts a response
whose calculated length is one byte larger than the bytes actually
received ("server can return one byte more due to implied bcc[0]").
This was introduced to accommodate servers that omit the trailing bcc[0]
overlap byte when no data area is present.
However, the exemption is applied unconditionally, regardless of whether
the command actually carries a data area (has_smb2_data_area[]). When a
response with a data area is subject to the +1 exemption, the reported
data can extend one byte beyond the bytes actually received, yet
smb2_check_message() still accepts it. The subsequent decoder then reads
past the end of the receive buffer. This is reachable during NEGOTIATE
and SESSION_SETUP, before the session is established.
The resulting out-of-bounds reads are visible
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.2 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.63% probability of exploitation · percentile 48.6% · 2026-10-06T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-03 |