{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98127","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.318Z","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:36:08.406Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T10:36:08.406Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T10:36:08.406Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb/client: validate new EOF for insert range\n\nsmb3_insert_range() does not check if the new file size\n(i_size + len) is valid. This allows FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE to bypass\nRLIMIT_FSIZE, exceed s_maxbytes, or produce a size outside the loff_t\nrange.\n\nUse check_add_overflow() to calculate the new EOF. Validate it with\ninode_newsize_ok() before modifying the file.\n\nReproducer, using a file on a CIFS mount:\n\n\tbash -c '\n\t\tFILE=/mnt/cifs/repro\n\n\t\ttrap \"\" SIGXFSZ\n\t\tulimit -f 3072\t\t# RLIMIT_FSIZE = 3 MiB\n\n\t\t# A regular write is stopped at 3 MiB.\n\t\tdd if=/dev/zero of=\"$FILE\" bs=1M count=4 status=none\n\t\tstat -c \"size after write: %s\" \"$FILE\"\n\n\t\t# Insert 2 MiB into a 2 MiB file.\n\t\ttruncate -s 2M \"$FILE\"\n\t\tfallocate -i -o 0 -l 2M \"$FILE\"\n\t\tstat -c \"size after insert: %s\" \"$FILE\"\n\t'\n\nBefore this change, the regular write stops at the 3 MiB limit, but\ninsert range grows the file to 4 MiB:\n\n\tdd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large\n\tsize after write: 3145728\n\tsize after insert: 4194304\n\nAfter this change, insert range also fails at the limit and leaves the\n2 MiB file unchanged:\n\n\tdd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large\n\tsize after write: 3145728\n\tfallocate: fallocate failed: File too large\n\tsize after insert: 2097152"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73","lessThan":"7c2c69045aa76ccaa7f16f1478eb312130ce4951","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73","lessThan":"bc7602b9082ef195d913c4c16fa9853dd262333e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73","lessThan":"f8cbfe3a3fcee7d991fd223f660f3e5df13221cf","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7fe6fe95b936084dce6eedcc2cccadf96eafae73","lessThan":"1519dc88c87f5346dae0464d7d6da1b6bf1f6e8e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.13","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.13","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.13","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.13","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c2c69045aa76ccaa7f16f1478eb312130ce4951"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc7602b9082ef195d913c4c16fa9853dd262333e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8cbfe3a3fcee7d991fd223f660f3e5df13221cf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1519dc88c87f5346dae0464d7d6da1b6bf1f6e8e"}],"title":"smb/client: validate new EOF for insert range","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}