Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
Null Pointer Dereference
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U

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

smb: client: validate dacloffset before building DACL pointers

parsesecdesc(), buildsecdesc(), and the chown path in idmodetocifsacl() all add the server-supplied dacloffset to pntsd before proving a DACL header fits inside the returned security descriptor.

On 32-bit builds a malicious server can return dacloffset near U32MAX, wrap the derived DACL pointer below endofacl, and then slip past the later pointer-based bounds checks. buildsecdesc() and idmodetocifsacl() can then dereference DACL fields from the wrapped pointer in the chmod/chown rewrite paths.

Validate dacloffset numerically before building any DACL pointer and reuse the same helper at the three DACL entry points.

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Source: MITRE
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