kernel: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System CIFS module, specifically within the parsemfsymlink function. This flaw is caused by insufficient input validation on the linklen value, which dictates the length of a symbolic link. An attacker...

CVE-2022-49058 cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks Smatch printed a warning: arch/x86/crypto/poly1305glue.c:198 poly1305updatearch error: memcpy 'dctx-buf' too small 16 vs u32max It's caused because Smatch marks 'linklen' as...

kernel: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System CIFS module, specifically within the parsemfsymlink function. This flaw is caused by insufficient input validation on the linklen value, which dictates the length of a symbolic link. An attacker...