# CVE-2026-99114: ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FS\_CONTROL\_INFORMATION

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112014, GHSA-HGH8-4RM3-F2VP
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.59, 7.2.13
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

The Linux kernel's ksmbd module, which implements the SMB server (file sharing) component, is affected. A flaw in how it builds the FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION response can leak four bytes of uninitialized kernel memory to a remote client, and in compound requests it can expose leftover data from previous responses.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.15.0, fixed in 6.18.59; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.13

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/995456b5e703e128904a6cbc8b3347eb3d04c72c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c78aea8984c84767e87f677477e4784deb8adfde
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8b82184a1982894820a91a72ac9857ddd5dffbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/370459776468fc68c97008360108f381e3120953
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8c450ad0d08980b39b08d435efa921086c8b227
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03bb4338c3a7c3fc4decf699a35753f0891aab2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0cd3fc6824122014da2b3b0cb7ddeaa2946ec8e

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