From 730d0bb19507b9e19c2fe5343109ac618e2fbce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Sorenson Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:39:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: fix UAF and buffer leak in cifs_check_trans2() for malformed secondary T2 When a valid primary TRANSACT2 response has been received (mid->resp_buf set, mid->multiRsp true) and a subsequent secondary response causes cifs_check_trans2() to return false -- either because the SMB header is invalid (malformed != 0) or because check2ndT2() rejects the PDU -- handle_mid() overwrites mid->resp_buf with the new buffer (leaking the primary buffer) and, because mid->multiRsp is set, skips the server->smallbuf/bigbuf NULL-out. When the user thread frees mid->resp_buf, server->smallbuf or server->bigbuf is left dangling; the demux thread reuses it for the next packet, resulting in a use-after-free. Combine both early-exit conditions and, when mid->multiRsp is already set, abort the pending transaction inline: set multiEnd, call dequeue_mid() with malformed=true, and return true so handle_mid() exits without touching mid->resp_buf or the server buffer pointers. Fixes: 316cf94a910f ("CIFS: Move trans2 processing to ops struct") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # cifs_check_trans2() is in smb1ops.c on kernels < 7.0 Signed-off-by: Frank Sorenson Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara --- fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c index 66daa5a37e4a..42e95cc1bd89 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c @@ -449,10 +449,18 @@ bool cifs_check_trans2(struct mid_q_entry *mid, struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf, int malformed) { - if (malformed) - return false; - if (check2ndT2(buf) <= 0) + if (malformed || check2ndT2(buf) <= 0) { + /* mid->multiRsp blocks the server buf detach in handle_mid(); + * returning false here would leak resp_buf and leave a dangling + * server->smallbuf/bigbuf after the user thread frees resp_buf. + */ + if (mid->multiRsp) { + mid->multiEnd = true; + dequeue_mid(server, mid, true); + return true; + } return false; + } mid->multiRsp = true; if (mid->resp_buf) { /* merge response - fix up 1st*/