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Linux Linux — cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0086 55.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux c69c1b6eaea1b3e1eecf7ad2fba0208ac4a11131 – —
Linux 2.6.37 – 4.9.311
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
Feb 26 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49058 (Linux). CVSS 9.1 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks
Smatch printed a warning:
arch/x86/crypto/poly1305_glue.c:198 poly1305_update_arch() error:
__memcpy() 'dctx->buf' too small (16 vs u32max)
It's caused because Smatch marks 'link_len' as untrusted since it comes
from sscanf(). Add a check to ensure that 'link_len' is not larger than
the size of the 'link_str' buffer.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 26, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49058 (Linux). CVSS 9.1 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | c69c1b6eaea1b3e1eecf7ad2fba0208ac4a11131 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.37 | 4.9.311 |
About this page
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