High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31612
ksmbd: validate EaNameLength in smb2_get_ea()
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: validate EaNameLength in smb2_get_ea()
smb2_get_ea() reads ea_req->EaNameLength from the client request and
passes it directly to strncmp() as the comparison length without
verifying that the length of the name really is the size of the input
buffer received.
Fix this up by properly checking the size of the name based on the value
received and the overall size of the request, to prevent a later
strncmp() call to use the length as a "trusted" size of the buffer.
Without this check, uninitialized heap values might be slowly leaked to
the client.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.15 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0 before 7.0.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 859f11e1bc81a4d32bb3ceeae54bcd296ac675d3; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 4b73376feecb3b61172fe5b4ff42bbbb8531669d; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 551dfb15b182abad4600eaf7b37e6eb7000d5b1b; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 3363a770b193f555f29d76ddf4ced3305c0ccf6d; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 243b206bcb5a7137e8bddd57b2eec81e1ebd3859; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before dfc6878d14acafffbe670bf2576620757a10a3d8; +2 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31612
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31612
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/243b206bcb5a7137e8bddd57b2eec81e1ebd3859
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3363a770b193f555f29d76ddf4ced3305c0ccf6d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b73376feecb3b61172fe5b4ff42bbbb8531669d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551dfb15b182abad4600eaf7b37e6eb7000d5b1b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66751841212c2cc196577453c37f7774ff363f02
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859f11e1bc81a4d32bb3ceeae54bcd296ac675d3
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