CVE-2025-40099
Published: October 31, 2025Last modified: October 31, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input Malicious SMB server can send invalid reply to FSCTL_DFS_GET_REFERRALS - reply smaller than sizeof(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp) - reply with number of referrals smaller than NumberOfReferrals in the header Processing of such replies will cause oob. Return -EINVAL error on such replies to prevent oob-s.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.1.156-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.12.53-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.55-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15c73964da9df994302f579ed14ee5fdbce7a332
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6447b0e355562a1ff748c4a2ffb89aae7e84d2c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc4a8d39bac23d8b044fd3e2dbfd965f1d9b058
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0f2e66e1ac043a5b238f5bcab4f26f3c317039
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfacc7441f760e4a73cc71b6ff1635261d534657