Memory disclosure and panic via overlapping SMB2 areas
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel SMB client allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash a client with a crafted SMB2 response. In __smb2_calc_size(), overlap handling clears data_length, causing an invalid response to appear data-free and pass a length exception before an oversized ASN.1 length reads beyond the receive object. Exploitation requires negotiation with a malicious or compromised SMB server; the path is reached before SMB authentication and can leak adjacent kernel memory or trigger a kernel panic.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel SMB client allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash a client with a crafted SMB2 response. In __smb2_calc_size(), overlap handling clears data_length, causing an invalid response to appear data-free and pass a length exception before an oversized ASN.1 length reads beyond the receive object. Exploitation requires negotiation with a malicious or compromised SMB server; the path is reached before SMB authentication and can leak adjacent kernel memory or trigger a kernel panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64257
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-130
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=31c6312608c60b72a1feb99a5afb680645a3e8a3 <445ece263131780dee273d727a4d6f11934feec7
- Affected versionversion=419ec1b604d7fb60c10aec2dc062371f9fcd4940 <4a9d2657d3e05f6ed09c148cb127b4e58702275f
- Affected versionversion=5.10.261 <5.11
- Affected versionversion=5.15.212 <5.16
- Affected versionversion=53b7c271f06be4dd5cfc8c6ef552a8355c891a7f <8986c932905ea508d66da421eb2eb6e676ace1fe
- Affected versionversion=573e502d14714d2947e22e7eff40ec20a6a44a42 <36bfa52459e45c0d5b668de2f1c91f6dc5c67775
- Affected versionversion=6e9d10f62773b99bd927940fd9cbdfe7207e23ff <57cba95f0e97c6f6e45e6731da30aff091bd7460
- Affected versionversion=7.2-rc3
- Affected versionversion=8d0bbc78046d264bbf6a574ea6f9072258a43e35
- Affected versionversion=b6a381c01e2ac98a48e32ac0f2a45bbadd9e26b0
- Affected versionversion=ceb875a375dedbf51c9425c1d13a2d7a8435c08c <fdafa1e68dc75045b7b617e6e7d2854950804d83
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