Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97560)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97560). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink()
When parsing a share-root relative native symlink, memcpy copies
smb_target+1 (skipping the leading separator) but uses
strlen(smb_target)+1 as the length, reading one byte past the
allocated buffer.
This fixes the following KASAN splat when accessing an SMB symlink
with a target of '\a\b':
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
Read of size 5 at addr ffff88800878fe21 by task netfsfuzz-execu/1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: netfsfuzz-execu Tainted: G N
7.2.0-11943-g2709dd5ae32f-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix,
1996)
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x7b/0xa0
print_report+0xd0/0x630
kasan_report+0xe5/0x120
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
smb2_parse_native_symlink+0x4f5/0xca0
parse_reparse_point+0x68a/0x1530
reparse_info_to_fattr+0x752/0xa20
cifs_get_fattr+0x873/0x15b0
cifs_get_inode_info+0xc0/0x310
cifs_lookup+0x308/0xa70
__lookup_slow+0x122/0x2b0
lookup_slow+0x50/0x70
path_lookupat+0x525/0xaf0
filename_lookup+0x1f2/0x550
vfs_statx+0xd1/0x1a0
vfs_fstatat+0x65/0xc0
__do_sys_newfstatat+0x9a/0x120
do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x4a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-97560 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-97560" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-97560 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97560 linux Fixed in: 6.12.111-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97560 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com