smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-50120
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-11-05 18:15:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-06 14:01:16 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords In smb3_reconfigure(), after duplicating ctx->password and ctx->password2 with kstrdup(), we need to check for allocation failures. If ses->password allocation fails, return -ENOMEM. If ses->password2 allocation fails, free ses->password, set it to NULL, and return -ENOMEM.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 7e8cffa4f85e6839335d75e6b47f918d90c1d194 35dbac8c328d6afe937cd45ecd41d209d0b9f8b8 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected c1eb537bf4560b3ad4df606c266c665624f3b502 35488799b0ab6e4327f82e1d9209a60805665b37 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected c1eb537bf4560b3ad4df606c266c665624f3b502 9a5dd61151399ad5a5d69aad28ab164734c1e3bc git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e78308a6dcab1e53b38b8dd952e69c515cd324d7 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 2a0fc63f1f4fccfeb367d0c57b8a243cec60c26c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.9 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.9 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.59 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.11.6 6.11.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5dd61151399ad5a5d69aad28ab164734c1e3bc 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/35dbac8c328d6afe937cd45ecd41d209d0b9f8b8 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/35488799b0ab6e4327f82e1d9209a60805665b37 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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