In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write() SMB2_write() places write payload in iov[1..n] as part of rq_iov. smb3_init_transform_rq() pointer-shares rq_iov, so crypt_message() encrypts iov[1] in-place, replacing the original plaintext with ciphertext. On a replayable error, the retry sends the same iov[1] which now contains ciphertext instead of the original data, resulting in corruption. The corruption is most likely to be observed when connections are unstable, as reconnects trigger write retries that re-send the already-encrypted data. This affects SFU mknod, MF symlinks, etc. On kernels before 6.10 (prior to the netfs conversion), sync writes also used this path and were similarly affected. The async write path wasn't unaffected as it uses rq_iter which gets deep-copied. Fix by moving the write payload into rq_iter via iov_iter_kvec(), so smb3_init_transform_rq() deep-copies it before encryption.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/438e77435aee2894d5edf90be5c87004a57f6258 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52327268224fb9ccc7ecfbbdfdfff54b6e93c518 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e64f1852f455f57d0850989e57c30d7fac7d95 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea5e37388a080361110ab5790f57ae0af383650 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78840a6a38d312dc1a51a65317bb67e46f0b929 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-787 → CWE-787, CWE-662NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 8.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/438e77435aee2894d5edf90be5c87004a57f6258 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52327268224fb9ccc7ecfbbdfdfff54b6e93c518 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e64f1852f455f57d0850989e57c30d7fac7d95 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea5e37388a080361110ab5790f57ae0af383650 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78840a6a38d312dc1a51a65317bb67e46f0b929 Patch