CVE-2023-52434

A flaw was found in the smb client in the Linux kernel. A potential out-of-bounds error was seen in the smb2_parse_contexts() function. Validate offsets and lengths before dereferencing create contexts in smb2_parse_contexts().

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To mitigate this issue, prevent module cifs from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.