CVE-2026-68343

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed parse_dfs_referrals() validates that the response contains the fixed referral entry array and, on for-next, the per-referral string offsets. However, the response also contains a PathConsumed value that is later used for DFS path parsing. If a malformed response provides a PathConsumed value larger than the search name, later DFS parsing can advance beyond the end of the path. Validate PathConsumed against the search name length before storing it in the parsed referral.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.1 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-08-10 13:20:24.830000

Last modified

2026-10-19 22:17:14.077000

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  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:24.830",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T22:17:14.077",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed\n\nparse_dfs_referrals() validates that the response contains the fixed\nreferral entry array and, on for-next, the per-referral string offsets.\nHowever, the response also contains a PathConsumed value that is later\nused for DFS path parsing.\n\nIf a malformed response provides a PathConsumed value larger than the\nsearch name, later DFS parsing can advance beyond the end of the path.\n\nValidate PathConsumed against the search name length before storing it in\nthe parsed referral."
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