# CVE-2025-21748: ksmbd: fix integer overflows on 32 bit systems

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix integer overflows on 32 bit systems On 32bit systems the addition operations in ipc_msg_alloc() can potentially overflow leading to memory corruption. Add bounds checking using KSMBD_IPC_MAX_PAYLOAD to avoid overflow.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b9fb2764591d792d160f375851013665a9e820
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/760568c1f62ea874e8fb492f9cfa4f47b4b8391e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82f59d64e6297f270311b16b5dcf65be406d1ea3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b902737746c490258de5cb55cab39e79927a67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecb9947fa7c99a77b04d43404c6988a0d326e4a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab98e2dbd648510f8f51b83fbf4721206ccae45

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