Critical severity · published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-68388
smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate
smb3_simple_fallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range
returned by the server starts before the current fallocate offset. The
skipped hole is not zero-filled, but fallocate still returns success. A
later write to that hole may therefore fail with ENOSPC.
The function queries allocated ranges so that it can preserve existing
contents and write zeroes only into holes. However, the server may return
a range that starts before the current fallocate offset.
For example, assume the fallocate request is [100, 400) and the only
allocated range returned by the server is [0, 200):
Request: [100, 400)
Server range: [ 0, 200) allocated
Correct:
[100, 200) allocated data, skip
[200, 400) hole, zero-fill
Current:
[100, 300) skipped
[300, 400) zero-filled afterwards
The current code adds the full server range length, 200, to the current
offset 100 and moves to 300. As a result, the hole in [200, 300) is
skipped without being zero-filled.
Fix this by advancing only over the part of the allocated range that
overlaps the current fallocate offset. Ignore ranges that end before the
current offset and reject ranges whose end offset overflows.
This also prevents a malformed range length from causing an out-of-bounds
zero-buffer read.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
c406bb9ece6ef63721daab106f132ff4b4234e81 before aeb58a4eb39a7ff4d7782b4f4ada0fda5e0675d2; 966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b before 01719883235507b1585e4c51e320d9a7113dc698; 966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b before f47c7277c03a636fcc3a57969f2dc09567b3c050; 966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b before 437637f5ff3f573b2edf8571de91fb00a21eb4e6; 966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b before 377fe3e583e46369ee1004d5cfe12271d6589a68; 966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b before 7e08ab7a061b17ac1989a225c6afb53f44a86808; +8 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68388
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68388
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01719883235507b1585e4c51e320d9a7113dc698
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377fe3e583e46369ee1004d5cfe12271d6589a68
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437637f5ff3f573b2edf8571de91fb00a21eb4e6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e08ab7a061b17ac1989a225c6afb53f44a86808
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4a09e5142835633fffbde68bd0a039ba4d4bf97
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeb58a4eb39a7ff4d7782b4f4ada0fda5e0675d2
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