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Tracker / CVE-2026-43112

CVE-2026-43112

High 8.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath When cifs_sanitize_prepath is called with an empty string or a string containing only delimiters (e.g., "/"), the current logic attempts to check *(cursor2 - 1) before cursor2 has advanced. This results in an out-of-bounds read. This patch adds an early exit check after stripping prepended delimiters. If no path content remains, the function returns NULL. The bug was identified via manual audit and verified using a standalone test case compiled with AddressSanitizer, which triggered a SEGV on affected inputs.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · 5.16.1 → 6.6.136
linux linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.24
linux linux_kernel · 6.19 → 6.19.14
linux linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.83

Analysis

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