{"id":"CVE-2026-64381","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-64381","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:26:54.915Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix next buffer leak in receive_encrypted_standard() receive_encrypted_standard() allocates next_buffer before checking whether the number of compound PDUs already reached…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: Fix next buffer leak in receive_encrypted_standard()\n\nreceive_encrypted_standard() allocates next_buffer before checking\nwhether the number of compound PDUs already reached MAX_COMPOUND. If\nthe limit check fails, the function returns immediately and the newly\nallocated next_buffer is not assigned to server->smallbuf/server->bigbuf,\nmaking it leaked.\n\nMove the MAX_COMPOUND check before allocating next_buffer.","published":"2026-07-25T10:17:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-08T14:01:35.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02534,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e0ab81df1790afa35732a4e8e07ff831b29008","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c6267a1d5cf4c73b656f8181b310cbbb3e4767b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/297243e365fc9fe2f8e9b7dd535a65d922cd108b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67097772df7791c53d608f04bd31c676ccf79b83","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68fc0b6cc03ca58060c0f36454e169f5fe258974","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9136a08dc29328edd9867f2545e73906ac9df93b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927d4805aea0a287d36dd4f826ee24d69a2afee3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e4f672db029414b9888b5137a7559f1febf2d8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64381","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}