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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix the smbd_response slab to allow usercopy The handling of received data in the smbdirect client code involves using copy_to_iter() to copy data from the smbd_reponse struct's packet trailer to a folioq buffer provided by netfslib that encapsulates a chunk of pagecache. If, however, CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y, this will result in the checks then performed in copy_to_iter() oopsing with something like the following: CIFS: Attempting to mount //172.31.9.1/test CIFS: VFS: RDMA transport established usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'smbd_response_0000000091e24ea1' (offset 81, size 63)! ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102! ... RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __check_heap_object+0xe3/0x120 __check_object_size+0x4dc/0x6d0 smbd_recv+0x77f/0xfe0 [cifs] cifs_readv_from_socket+0x276/0x8f0 [cifs] cifs_read_from_socket+0xcd/0x120 [cifs] cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x7e9/0x2d50 [cifs] kthread+0x396/0x830 ret_from_fork+0x2b8/0x3b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The problem is that the smbd_response slab's packet field isn't marked as being permitted for usercopy. Fix this by passing parameters to kmem_slab_create() to indicate that copy_to_iter() is permitted from the packet region of the smbd_response slab objects, less the header space.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-08-16 | Updated 2025-08-16 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e before 87dcc7e33fc3dcb8ed32333cec016528b5bb6ce4
affected

ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e before f0dd353d47f7051afa98c6c60c7486831eb1a410
affected

ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e before 43e7e284fc77b710d899569360ea46fa3374ae22
affected

Default status
affected

6.12
affected

Any version before 6.12
unaffected

6.12.36
unaffected

6.15.8
unaffected

6.16
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/87dcc7e33fc3dcb8ed32333cec016528b5bb6ce4

git.kernel.org/...c/f0dd353d47f7051afa98c6c60c7486831eb1a410

git.kernel.org/...c/43e7e284fc77b710d899569360ea46fa3374ae22

cve.org (CVE-2025-38523)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38523)

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