Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72318
cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets
9.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets
parse_dfs_referrals() validates that the response header and referral
array fit in the received buffer, but each referral also contains string
offsets supplied by the server.
Those offsets are used to compute the DfsPath and NetworkAddress string
pointers without checking whether they still point inside the response
buffer. A malformed referral can therefore make the computed pointer
exceed the end of the buffer. The resulting negative max_len is then
passed to cifs_strndup_from_utf16(), and the non-Unicode path forwards it
to kstrndup() as a size_t, allowing strnlen() to read out of bounds.
Validate each string offset before deriving the string pointer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before 76c607b9353d377b1d1b11db50e743eee0ccf658; 4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before d64b6be5740ce230aca184d8d224c75d9866045d; 4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before 929a85932d14190988f1eafd6ee8cc68d66ace0b; 4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before b784cd1c24d89bf71be2efe1e948ff7c03371e57; 4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before c37abc99bb3de3d3219ecef253d649f74117fd83; 4ecce920e13ace16a5ba45efe8909946c28fb2ad before 027a84ac6b50c12ef767c15abfc58aa865820e9e; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72318
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72318
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/027a84ac6b50c12ef767c15abfc58aa865820e9e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76c607b9353d377b1d1b11db50e743eee0ccf658
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/929a85932d14190988f1eafd6ee8cc68d66ace0b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b784cd1c24d89bf71be2efe1e948ff7c03371e57
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c37abc99bb3de3d3219ecef253d649f74117fd83
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64b6be5740ce230aca184d8d224c75d9866045d
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