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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-99083"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-23T12:45:01.735Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-23T12:45:01.735Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-99083"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-99083.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99083"
title: "ksmbd: fix heap out-of-bounds write in krb5_authenticate()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: fix heap out-of-bounds write in krb5_authenticate()\n\nIn krb5_authenticate(), out_len is calculated to determine available\nheadroom in response_buf for the incoming Kerberos AP-REP token. However,\nwhen SMB2_SESSION_SETUP is processed as a non-first element of a compounded\nSMB2 request, the calculation omits work-\u003enext_smb2_rsp_hdr_off.\n\nThis causes out_len to overstate remaining buffer headroom by\nthe cumulative size of prior responses in the compound chain. Consequently,\nthe length check in ksmbd_krb5_authenticate()\n(*out_len \u003c= resp-\u003espnego_blob_len) passes erroneously, allowing memcpy()\nto write the AP-REP blob past the end of response_buf into adjacent kernel\nheap memory.\n\nFix this by subtracting work-\u003enext_smb2_rsp_hdr_off when computing out_len,\nensuring it accurately reflects physical remaining buffer space."
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