CVE-2026-31614
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-31614, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-04-24
Last updated on: 2026-04-29
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix off-by-8 bounds check in check_wsl_eas()
The bounds check uses (u8 *)ea + nlen + 1 + vlen as the end of the EA
name and value, but ea_data sits at offset sizeof(struct
smb2_file_full_ea_info) = 8 from ea, not at offset 0. The strncmp()
later reads ea->ea_data[0..nlen-1] and the value bytes follow at
ea_data[nlen+1..nlen+vlen], so the actual end is ea->ea_data + nlen + 1
+ vlen. Isn't pointer math fun?
The earlier check (u8 *)ea > end - sizeof(*ea) only guarantees the
8-byte header is in bounds, but since the last EA is placed within 8
bytes of the end of the response, the name and value bytes are read past
the end of iov.
Fix this mess all up by using ea->ea_data as the base for the bounds
check.
An "untrusted" server can use this to leak up to 8 bytes of kernel heap
into the EA name comparison and influence which WSL xattr the data is
interpreted as.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.13 (inc) to 6.18.24 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.19 (inc) to 6.19.14 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 7.0 (inc) to 7.0.1 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.6.32 (inc) to 6.6.136 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.9 (inc) to 6.12.83 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-125 | The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
