CVE-2026-52967
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: fix possible infinite loop and oob read in symlink_data() On 32-bit architectures, the infinite loop is as follows: len = p->ErrorDataLength == 0xfffffff8 u8 *next = p->ErrorContextData + len next == p On 32-bit architectures, the out-of-bounds read is as follows: len = p->ErrorDataLength == 0xfffffff0 u8 *next = p->ErrorContextData + len next == (u8 *)p - 8
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9331b16b0ed9414dcf7583d8134bdfeb117aae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cfa2d59f669db28d6292d10ff87ca6837c781b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d9a7f1f96cd617ee9e75bb22217c709038e26b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a05b0ae9ea5ec052be2eef0f9cc7ce03501bbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b41598bf54b3fe528994e573df6008f8f4d0a4f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4b9b662f0fb9aa97ee6bf9034eca76fc6cab23
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.