# CVE-2026-64448: smb: client: restrict implied bcc\[0\] exemption to responses without data area

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 8d0bbc78046d264bbf6a574ea6f9072258a43e35; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in b6a381c01e2ac98a48e32ac0f2a45bbadd9e26b0; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 31c6312608c60b72a1feb99a5afb680645a3e8a3; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 573e502d14714d2947e22e7eff40ec20a6a44a42; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 419ec1b604d7fb60c10aec2dc062371f9fcd4940; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in ceb875a375dedbf51c9425c1d13a2d7a8435c08c; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 6e9d10f62773b99bd927940fd9cbdfe7207e23ff; from 093b2bdad3221e3fae3c26d89387e7297a157664, fixed in 53b7c271f06be4dd5cfc8c6ef552a8355c891a7f
- Linux: 3.6
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.6.0, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.96; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.39; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area smb2_check_message() has a long-standing quirk that accepts a response whose calculated length is one byte larger than the bytes actually received ("server can return one byte more due to implied bcc[0]"). This was introduced to accommodate servers that omit the trailing bcc[0] overlap byte when no data area is present. However, the exemption is applied unconditionally, regardless of whether the command actually carries a data area (has_smb2_data_area[]). When a response with a data area is subject to the +1 exemption, the reported data can extend one byte beyond the bytes actually received, yet smb2_check_message() still accepts it. The subsequent decoder then reads past the end of the receive buffer. This is reachable during NEGOTIATE and SESSION_SETUP, before the session is established. The resulting out-of-bounds reads are visible under KASAN when mounting against a non-conforming server; both the SPNEGO/negTokenInit and the NTLMSSP challenge decoders are affected: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00 Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880084d67c0 by task mount.cifs/81 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 81 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70 print_report+0x157/0x4c9 kasan_report+0xce/0x100 asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00 decode_negTokenInit+0x19/0x30 SMB2_negotiate+0x31d9/0x4c90 cifs_negotiate_protocol+0x1f2/0x3f0 cifs_get_smb_ses+0x93f/0x17e0 cifs_mount_get_session+0x7f/0x3a0 cifs_mount+0xb4/0xcf0 cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x23a/0x1500 smb3_get_tree+0x3b0/0x630 vfs_get_tree+0x82/0x2d0 fc_mount+0x10/0x1b0 path_mount+0x50d/0x1de0 __x64_sys_mount+0x20b/0x270 do_syscall_64+0xee/0x590 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Allocated by task 85: kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x106/0x380 mempool_alloc_noprof+0x116/0x1e0 cifs_small_buf_get+0x31/0x80 allocate_buffers+0x10d/0x2b0 cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x1d5/0x1d50 kthread+0x2c6/0x390 ret_from_fork+0x36e/0x5a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 448-byte region [ffff8880084d6600, ffff8880084d67c0) which belongs to the cache cifs_small_rq of size 448 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup_noprof+0x36/0x50 Read of size 329 at addr ffff88800726c678 by task mount.cifs/89 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 89 Comm: mount.cifs Tainted: G B 7.1.0-rc6 #1 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70 print_report+0x157/0x4c9 kasan_report+0xce/0x100 kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0 __asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60 kmemdup_noprof+0x36/0x50 decode_ntlmssp_challenge+0x457/0x680 SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0x6f0/0xcb0 SMB2_sess_setup+0x219/0x4f0 cifs_setup_session+0x248/0xaf0 cifs_get_smb_ses+0xf79/0x17e0 cifs_mount_get_session+0x7f/0x3a0 cifs_mount+0xb4/0xcf0 cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x23a/0x1500 smb3_get_tree+0x3b0/0x630 vfs_get_tree+0x82/0x2d0 fc_mount+0x10/0x1b0 path_mount+0x50d/0x1de0 __x64_sys_mount+0x20b/0x270 do_syscall_64+0xee/0x590 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Allocated by task 93: kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x106/0x380 mempool_alloc_noprof+0x116/0x1e0 cifs_small_buf_get+0x31/0x80 allocate_buffers+0x10d/0x2b0 cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x1d5/0x1d50 kthread+0x2c6/0x390 ret_from_fork+0x36e/0x5a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The buggy address is located 120 bytes inside of allocated 448-byte region [ffff88800726c600, ffff88800726c7c0) which belongs to the cache cifs_small_rq of size 448 Restrict the +1 exemption to responses that have no data area, so that it still covers the bcc[0] omission it was meant for. When a data area is present, the +1 discrepancy instead means the reported data length overruns the ---truncated---

## What to do

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d0bbc78046d264bbf6a574ea6f9072258a43e35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a381c01e2ac98a48e32ac0f2a45bbadd9e26b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31c6312608c60b72a1feb99a5afb680645a3e8a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573e502d14714d2947e22e7eff40ec20a6a44a42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/419ec1b604d7fb60c10aec2dc062371f9fcd4940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb875a375dedbf51c9425c1d13a2d7a8435c08c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e9d10f62773b99bd927940fd9cbdfe7207e23ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b7c271f06be4dd5cfc8c6ef552a8355c891a7f

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