# CVE-2024-22705: An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel before 6.6.10.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-23 · Updated: 2025-06-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel before 6.6.10. smb2_get_data_area_len in fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c can cause an smb_strndup_from_utf16 out-of-bounds access because the relationship between Name data and CreateContexts data is mishandled.

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.10
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d10c77873ba1e9e6b91905018e29e196fd5f863d

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