# CVE-2024-50151: smb: client: fix OOBs when building SMB2_IOCTL request

> A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write in the Linux kernel CIFS client when using encrypted mounts, potentially causing a crash or code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-53543, AZL-53733, BELL-CVE-2024-50151, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50151, GHSA-g8wq-w697-wh26, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50151

## What is CVE-2024-50151?

CVE-2024-50151 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

smb: client: fix OOBs when building SMB2_IOCTL request

When using encryption, either enforced by the server or when using
'seal' mount option, the client will squash all compound request buffers
down for encryption into a single iov in smb2_set_next_command().

SMB2_ioctl_init() allocates a small buffer (448 bytes) to hold the
SMB2_IOCTL request in the first iov, and if the user passes an input
buffer that is greater than 328 bytes, smb2_set_next_command() will
end up writing off the end of @rqst->iov[0].iov_base as shown below:

  mount.cifs //srv/share /mnt -o ...,seal
  ln -s $(perl -e "print('a')for 1..1024") /mnt/link

  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
  smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
  Write of size 4116 at addr ffff8881148fcab8 by task ln/859

  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 859 Comm: ln Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3 #1
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
  1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
   ? smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
   print_report+0x156/0x4d9
   ? smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x145/0x310
   ? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90
   ? smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
   kasan_report+0xda/0x110
   ? smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
   kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1f0
   __asan_memcpy+0x3c/0x60
   smb2_set_next_command.cold+0x1d6/0x24c [cifs]
   smb2_compound_op+0x238c/0x3840 [cifs]
   ? kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
   ? kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70
   ? vfs_symlink+0x1a1/0x2c0
   ? do_symlinkat+0x108/0x1c0
   ? __pfx_smb2_compound_op+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
   ? kmem_cache_free+0x118/0x3e0
   ? cifs_get_writable_path+0xeb/0x1a0 [cifs]
   smb2_get_reparse_inode+0x423/0x540 [cifs]
   ? __pfx_smb2_get_reparse_inode+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
   ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50
   ? __kmalloc_noprof+0x37c/0x480
   ? smb2_create_reparse_symlink+0x257/0x490 [cifs]
   ? smb2_create_reparse_symlink+0x38f/0x490 [cifs]
   smb2_create_reparse_symlink+0x38f/0x490 [cifs]
   ? __pfx_smb2_create_reparse_symlink+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
   ? find_held_lock+0x8a/0xa0
   ? hlock_class+0x32/0xb0
   ? __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix+0x19d/0x2e0 [cifs]
   cifs_symlink+0x24f/0x960 [cifs]
   ? __pfx_make_vfsuid+0x10/0x10
   ? __pfx_cifs_symlink+0x10/0x10 [cifs]
   ? make_vfsgid+0x6b/0xc0
   ? generic_permission+0x96/0x2d0
   vfs_symlink+0x1a1/0x2c0
   do_symlinkat+0x108/0x1c0
   ? __pfx_do_symlinkat+0x10/0x10
   ? strncpy_from_user+0xaa/0x160
   __x64_sys_symlinkat+0xb9/0xf0
   do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
  RIP: 0033:0x7f08d75c13bb

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50151?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50151?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50151 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50151 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50151/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50151/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50151
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50151
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50151

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