# CVE-2026-89632: smb: client: fix use-before-check of ReparseDataLength in reparse\_buf\_ptr()

- 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: 6.6.160, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from a158bb66b1373866d9fd5997565a58a573085539, fixed in b70bc592afd19732e2e4563300ebe8f974280365; from 67ec9949b0dfe78c99e110dd975eb7dc5645630c, fixed in 711cf71300d7992f450600df8864917d3538679f; from 67ec9949b0dfe78c99e110dd975eb7dc5645630c, fixed in 05f78e6cf34ea3a285053bd5999e08e8ac298bd5; from 6.6.32, fixed in 6.6.160
- Linux: 6.8
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix use-before-check of ReparseDataLength in reparse_buf_ptr() reparse_buf_ptr() reads buf->ReparseDataLength before checking that count covers the full fixed header: buf = (struct reparse_data_buffer *)((u8 *)io + off); len = sizeof(*buf); /* 8 bytes */ rdlen = le16_to_cpu(buf->ReparseDataLength); /* offset 4, 2 bytes */ if (count < len || count < rdlen + len) /* check comes after */ struct reparse_data_buffer has ReparseDataLength at offset 4. If a server returns OutputCount < 6, the read at offset 4-5 reaches past the end of the received data. The off+count bounds against iov_len were already validated, but that does not protect against count being smaller than sizeof(*buf). Split the check: verify count >= sizeof(*buf) before reading ReparseDataLength, then verify count covers the data region.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70bc592afd19732e2e4563300ebe8f974280365
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711cf71300d7992f450600df8864917d3538679f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f78e6cf34ea3a285053bd5999e08e8ac298bd5

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