ghsa-p6j9-xx79-r863
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd
With KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds during mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces() (see below):
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G OE 6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT, BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0 print_report+0xd1/0x670 __virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430 ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0 ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] kasan_report+0xd6/0x110 parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20 parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs] ? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60 SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs] ? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs] smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs] ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200 ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs] ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs] cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs] ? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs] dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs] ? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50 ? save_trace+0x54/0x370 ? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0 ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20 cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs] ? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200 ? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38728"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-04T16:15:42Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd\n\nWith KASAN enabled, it is possible to get a slab out of bounds\nduring mount to ksmbd due to missing check in parse_server_interfaces()\n(see below):\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in\n parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881433dba98 by task mount/9827\n\n CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 9827 Comm: mount Tainted: G\n OE 6.16.0-rc2-kasan #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\n Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620/0MWYPT,\n BIOS 2.13.1 06/14/2019\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x9f/0xf0\n print_report+0xd1/0x670\n __virt_addr_valid+0x22c/0x430\n ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x2a/0x1f0\n ? parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n kasan_report+0xd6/0x110\n parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0x13/0x20\n parse_server_interfaces+0x14ee/0x1880 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_parse_server_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x51/0x60\n SMB3_request_interfaces+0x1ad/0x3f0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_SMB3_request_interfaces+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? SMB2_tcon+0x23c/0x15d0 [cifs]\n smb3_qfs_tcon+0x173/0x2b0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200\n ? cifs_get_tcon+0x105d/0x2120 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_smb3_qfs_tcon+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n cifs_mount_get_tcon+0x369/0xb90 [cifs]\n ? dfs_cache_find+0xe7/0x150 [cifs]\n dfs_mount_share+0x985/0x2970 [cifs]\n ? check_path.constprop.0+0x28/0x50\n ? save_trace+0x54/0x370\n ? __pfx_dfs_mount_share+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? __lock_acquire+0xb82/0x2ba0\n ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20\n cifs_mount+0xbc/0x9e0 [cifs]\n ? __pfx_cifs_mount+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x5d/0x200\n ? cifs_setup_cifs_sb+0x29d/0x810 [cifs]\n cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x263/0x1990 [cifs]",
"id": "GHSA-p6j9-xx79-r863",
"modified": "2025-09-05T18:31:17Z",
"published": "2025-09-05T18:31:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38728"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d34ec36abb84fdfb6632a0f2cbda90379ae21fc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de33d4d72e8fae3502ec3850bd7b14e7c7328b6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdb8e98a0073c73ab3e6c631ec78877ceb64565"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0620e1525663edd8c4594f49fb75fe5be4724b0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a542f93a123555d09c3ce8bc947f7b56ad8e6463"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6eda5b0e8f8123564c5b34f5801d63243032eac"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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