Answer in brief
CVE-2026-64578 records a High severity (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in ksmbd: validate compound request size before reading StructureSize2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <2c307126ed8e7adddab82b8e31d962d3a2156ab1 || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <f7550a91ab211726f59cb137523b7a9eae1ac6eb || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <f0e337e7db67cc1c832958bbb6c4026bdceacfdb || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <ea128f06d2fb2186f0cac0c9f3e953e4d1f5c29a || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <15b38176fd1530372905c602fde51fe89ec8c877 | 2c307126ed8e7adddab82b8e31d962d3a2156ab1, f7550a91ab211726f59cb137523b7a9eae1ac6eb, f0e337e7db67cc1c832958bbb6c4026bdceacfdb, ea128f06d2fb2186f0cac0c9f3e953e4d1f5c29a, 15b38176fd1530372905c602fde51fe89ec8c877 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.15 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <415d0fff0451ad7ad4caa910f2bb0f562f0fd60f || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <1b6740525f5af90868d557c31b496ae689c8c549 || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <2c307126ed8e7adddab82b8e31d962d3a2156ab1 || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <f7550a91ab211726f59cb137523b7a9eae1ac6eb || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <f0e337e7db67cc1c832958bbb6c4026bdceacfdb || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <ea128f06d2fb2186f0cac0c9f3e953e4d1f5c29a || >=e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 <15b38176fd1530372905c602fde51fe89ec8c877 | 415d0fff0451ad7ad4caa910f2bb0f562f0fd60f, 1b6740525f5af90868d557c31b496ae689c8c549, 2c307126ed8e7adddab82b8e31d962d3a2156ab1, f7550a91ab211726f59cb137523b7a9eae1ac6eb, f0e337e7db67cc1c832958bbb6c4026bdceacfdb, ea128f06d2fb2186f0cac0c9f3e953e4d1f5c29a, 15b38176fd1530372905c602fde51fe89ec8c877 |
Published upstream
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate compound request size before reading StructureSize2 When ksmbd validates a compound (chained) SMB2 request, ksmbd_smb2_check_message() reads pdu->StructureSize2 without first checking that the compound element is large enough to contain it. StructureSize2 is a 2-byte field at offset 64 (__SMB2_HEADER_STRUCTURE_SIZE) from the start of each element. The compound-walking logic only guarantees that a full 64-byte SMB2 header is present for the trailing element: when NextCommand is 0, len is reduced to the number of bytes remaining after next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off. A remote client can craft a compound request whose last element has exactly 64 bytes, so the 2-byte StructureSize2 read at offset 64 extends one byte past the receive buffer, producing a slab-out-of-bounds read. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ksmbd_smb2_check_message (fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c:402) Read of size 2 at addr ffff888012ae31ac by task kworker/0:1/14 The buggy address is located 172 bytes inside of allocated 173-byte region Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work Call Trace: ... kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) ksmbd_smb2_check_message (fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c:402) handle_ksmbd_work (fs/smb/server/server.c:119) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) Reject any compound element that is too small to hold StructureSize2 before dereferencing it.
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