In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: transport_ipc: validate payload size before reading handle

handle_response() dereferences the payload as a 4-byte handle without
verifying that the declared payload size is at least 4 bytes. A malformed
or truncated message from ksmbd.mountd can lead to a 4-byte read past the
declared payload size. Validate the size before dereferencing.

This is a minimal fix to guard the initial handle read.
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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: transport_ipc: validate payload size before reading handle handle_response() dereferences the payload as a 4-byte handle without verifying that the declared payload size is at least 4 bytes. A malformed or truncated message from ksmbd.mountd can lead to a 4-byte read past the declared payload size. Validate the size before dereferencing. This is a minimal fix to guard the initial handle read.
Title ksmbd: transport_ipc: validate payload size before reading handle
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-29T13:37:03.185Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.161Z

Link: CVE-2025-40084

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-29T14:15:55.007

Modified: 2025-10-29T14:15:55.007

Link: CVE-2025-40084

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40084 - Bugzilla

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