CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99114

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ksmbd server was fixed to initialize the FileSystemControlFlags field in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION responses. smb2_get_info_filesystem() reported 48 bytes but never assigned the field, so four bytes from the response buffer were sent to the client. In compound requests this could leak data from previous responses.

Risk Assessment

Potential leak of kernel memory information to an SMB client, including data from failed or rejected responses. May expose sensitive information in environments with ksmbd enabled.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Apply the update on servers sharing files via ksmbd.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION smb2_get_info_filesystem() reports 48 bytes for FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION, that is the whole of struct smb2_fs_control_info, but never assigns FileSystemControlFlags. Those four bytes go to the client as they are found in the response buffer. The buffer is zeroed on allocation, so a standalone request leaks nothing. A compound request can leak: the offset of the next response is advanced by the length pinned for the previous one, so a reply that was written into the buffer and then dropped in favour of the short error response of smb2_set_err_rsp() stays there, and the next reply is laid over it with only the header cleared. ksmbd does not implement quota tracking, so report no control flags.

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