CVE-2026-64448: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area smb2_check_message() has a long-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area
smb2_check_message() has a long-standing quirk that accepts a response
whose calculated length is one byte larger than the bytes actually
received ("server can return one byte more due to implied bcc[0]").
This was introduced to accommodate servers that omit the trailing bcc[0]
overlap byte when no data area is present.
However, the exemption is applied unconditionally, regardless of whether
the command actually carries a data area (has_smb2_data_area[]). When a
response with a data area is subject to the +1 exemption, the reported
data can extend one byte beyond the bytes actually received, yet
smb2_check_message() still accepts it. The subsequent decoder then reads
past the end of the receive buffer. This is reachable during NEGOTIATE
and SESSION_SETUP, before the session is established.
The resulting out-of-bounds reads are visible under KASAN when mounting
against a non-conforming server; both the SPNEGO/negTokenInit and the
NTLMSSP challenge decoders are affected:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880084d67c0 by task mount.cifs/81
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 81 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70
print_report+0x157/0x4c9
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00
decode_negTokenInit+0x19/0x30
SMB2_negotiate+0x31d9/0x4c90
cifs_negotiate_protocol+0x1f2/0x3f0
cifs_get_smb_ses+0x93f/0x17e0
cifs_mount_get_session+0x7f/0x3a0
cifs_mount+0xb4/0xcf0
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x23a/0x1500
smb3_get_tree+0x3b0/0x630
vfs_get_tree+0x82/0x2d0
fc_mount+0x10/0x1b0
path_mount+0x50d/0x1de0
__x64_sys_mount+0x20b/0x270
do_syscall_64+0xee/0x590
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Allocated by task 85:
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x106/0x380
memp
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64448
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-644480.46% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-64448 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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