CVE-2024-22705

kernel: out-of-bounds access smb2_get_data_area_len

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 23, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in ksmbd in the Linux kernel's smb2_get_data_area_len in fs/smb/server/smb2misc. This flaw allows an attacker to cause an smb_strndup_from_utf16 out-of-bounds access due to mishandling the relationship between Name data and CreateContexts data.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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