CVE-2026-99114: ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION

Published Oct 28, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: initialize FileSystemControlFlags in FSCONTROLINFORMATION

smb2getinfofilesystem() reports 48 bytes for FSCONTROLINFORMATION, that is the whole of struct smb2fscontrolinfo, but never assigns FileSystemControlFlags. Those four bytes go to the client as they are found in the response buffer.

The buffer is zeroed on allocation, so a standalone request leaks nothing. A compound request can leak: the offset of the next response is advanced by the length pinned for the previous one, so a reply that was written into the buffer and then dropped in favour of the short error response of smb2seterrrsp() stays there, and the next reply is laid over it with only the header cleared.

ksmbd does not implement quota tracking, so report no control flags.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Configuration

    Initialize FileSystemControlFlags and report no control flags, since ksmbd does not implement quota tracking.

    ksmbd FileSystemControlFlags in FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION = no control flags

Event History

Oct 28, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:34 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:34 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:17 AM
Description
Oct 29, 2026
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:03 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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