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CVE-2026-99274Linux vulnerability

Low priorityNot scoredEPSS not scored yet

CVE-2026-99274 is a vulnerability in Linux, not yet scored.

Why this priority: Not scored yet, and no exploitation signal.

Published · Updated · NVD status: Received

What it is

The record does not classify the weakness yet; the description below says what the reporter found.

How it is reached

The record does not say yet how the flaw is reached; the description below is the best guide until it is scored.

What an attacker gains

Its impact has not been scored yet.

Is it being exploited?

There is no public report of exploitation yet.

What to do

  1. Upgrade Linux to a fixed version for your release line (6.12.117, 6.18.61, 7.3.2).

Description from NVD

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

smb: client: fix fiemap wild read on empty truncated response

smb3_fiemap() treats -E2BIG from SMB2_ioctl() as a truncated range blob and loops for the next chunk. If the server reports STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW with OutputCount == 0, SMB2_ioctl() returns -E2BIG with out_data == NULL and out_data_len == 0, and the existing length checks accept the empty result. The loop then evaluates

next = out_data[num - 1].file_offset + ...

with num == 0, reading 16 bytes before NULL.

Reject a truncated range blob that contains no range, so the resume offset is never computed from an empty response. Also require the last range in a truncated blob to advance the resume offset without overflowing, and to stay within the requested range; a malicious or broken server could otherwise make no progress or underflow len and loop forever. Free the previous response buffer before retrying.

Reproduced on 6.6.87.2 with a malicious SMB2 server that answers FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES with STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and OutputCount == 0; an FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl on the mount oopses in cifs_fiemap() with CR2 = fffffffffffffff8. The code path is unchanged on mainline.

What this means for your architecture.

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Components it touches

  • Linux. Start from where it runs and what it is connected to.

Trust boundaries in play

    Questions to answer about your own systems

    • Where does Linux run in your systems, and at which version?
    • Which of those instances are reachable by people you do not trust?
    • What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?

    Sources

    • CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
    • Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
    • Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
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