UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72318

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets parsedfsreferrals 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 a...

The vulnerability of the cifs_strndup_from_utf16() function in the /fs/smb/client/reparse.c module of the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the cifsstrndupfromutf16 function in the /fs/smb/client/reparse.c module of the Linux kernel involves copying buffers without checking their size—a classic buffer overflow attack. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality,...