GHSA-Q27P-5553-XHRR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-13 09:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix UAF and buffer leak in cifs_check_trans2() for malformed secondary T2
When a valid primary TRANSACT2 response has been received (mid->resp_buf set, mid->multiRsp true) and a subsequent secondary response causes cifs_check_trans2() to return false -- either because the SMB header is invalid (malformed != 0) or because check2ndT2() rejects the PDU -- handle_mid() overwrites mid->resp_buf with the new buffer (leaking the primary buffer) and, because mid->multiRsp is set, skips the server->smallbuf/bigbuf NULL-out. When the user thread frees mid->resp_buf, server->smallbuf or server->bigbuf is left dangling; the demux thread reuses it for the next packet, resulting in a use-after-free.
Combine both early-exit conditions and, when mid->multiRsp is already set, abort the pending transaction inline: set multiEnd, call dequeue_mid() with malformed=true, and return true so handle_mid() exits without touching mid->resp_buf or the server buffer pointers.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-89637"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-11T20:19:49Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix UAF and buffer leak in cifs_check_trans2() for malformed secondary T2\n\nWhen a valid primary TRANSACT2 response has been received (mid-\u003eresp_buf\nset, mid-\u003emultiRsp true) and a subsequent secondary response causes\ncifs_check_trans2() to return false -- either because the SMB header is\ninvalid (malformed != 0) or because check2ndT2() rejects the PDU --\nhandle_mid() overwrites mid-\u003eresp_buf with the new buffer (leaking the\nprimary buffer) and, because mid-\u003emultiRsp is set, skips the\nserver-\u003esmallbuf/bigbuf NULL-out. When the user thread frees\nmid-\u003eresp_buf, server-\u003esmallbuf or server-\u003ebigbuf is left dangling; the\ndemux thread reuses it for the next packet, resulting in a use-after-free.\n\nCombine both early-exit conditions and, when mid-\u003emultiRsp is already\nset, abort the pending transaction inline: set multiEnd, call\ndequeue_mid() with malformed=true, and return true so handle_mid() exits\nwithout touching mid-\u003eresp_buf or the server buffer pointers.",
"id": "GHSA-q27p-5553-xhrr",
"modified": "2026-09-13T09:32:26Z",
"published": "2026-09-11T21:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89637"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e6533a683f6a851158d9f33fb4ea8f4f25d7f84"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/730d0bb19507b9e19c2fe5343109ac618e2fbce5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eed72e9534b10a6d9f8f5146feff3db53aebdba"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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