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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2023-54203 EUVD-2023-60438GHSA-92h7-9rvh-996h

ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr

Published Dec 30, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr

When smb1 mount fails, KASAN detect slab-out-of-bounds in
init_smb2_rsp_hdr like the following one.
For smb1 negotiate(56bytes) , init_smb2_rsp_hdr() for smb2 is called.
The issue occurs while handling smb1 negotiate as smb2 server operations.
Add smb server operations for smb1 (get_cmd_val, init_rsp_hdr,
allocate_rsp_buf, check_user_session) to handle smb1 negotiate so that
smb2 server operation does not handle it.

[ 411.400423] CIFS: VFS: Use of the less secure dialect vers=1.0 is
not recommended unless required for access to very old servers
[ 411.400452] CIFS: Attempting to mount \\192.168.45.139\homes
[ 411.479312] ksmbd: init_smb2_rsp_hdr : 492
[ 411.479323] ==================================================================
[ 411.479327] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
init_smb2_rsp_hdr+0x1e2/0x1f4 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479369] Read of size 16 at addr ffff888488ed0734 by task kworker/14:1/199

[ 411.479379] CPU: 14 PID: 199 Comm: kworker/14:1 Tainted: G
OE 6.1.21 #3
[ 411.479386] Hardware name: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z10PA-D8
Series/Z10PA-D8 Series, BIOS 3801 08/23/2019
[ 411.479390] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work [ksmbd]
[ 411.479425] Call Trace:
[ 411.479428] <TASK>
[ 411.479432] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63
[ 411.479444] print_report+0x171/0x4a8
[ 411.479452] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x3c/0x200
[ 411.479463] ? init_smb2_rsp_hdr+0x1e2/0x1f4 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479497] kasan_report+0xb4/0x130
[ 411.479503] ? init_smb2_rsp_hdr+0x1e2/0x1f4 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479537] kasan_check_range+0x149/0x1e0
[ 411.479543] memcpy+0x24/0x70
[ 411.479550] init_smb2_rsp_hdr+0x1e2/0x1f4 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479585] handle_ksmbd_work+0x109/0x760 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479616] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x50/0x50
[ 411.479624] ? smb3_encrypt_resp+0x340/0x340 [ksmbd]
[ 411.479656] process_one_work+0x49c/0x790
[ 411.479667] worker_thread+0x2b1/0x6e0
[ 411.479674] ? process_one_work+0x790/0x790
[ 411.479680] kthread+0x177/0x1b0
[ 411.479686] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30
[ 411.479692] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[ 411.479702] </TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15.105 – < 5.15.145, 6.1.22 – < 6.1.24, 6.2.9 – < 6.2.11 5.15.145

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1040.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-102.112 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1057.63 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1060.69 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1060.69.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1055.63 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1054.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1040.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1050.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1052.58 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1048.48 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1055.61 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1057.63~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1055.63~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1050.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1053.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1058.66 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1057.63+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1060.69+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-102.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips +2 No fix yet —

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