Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation()
smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() casts an unsigned __u32 value from sp->max_recv_size and req->preferred_send_size to a signed int before computing min_t(int, …). A maliciously provided preferred_send_size of 0x80000000 will return as smaller than max_recv_size, and then be used to set the maximum allowed alowed receive size for the next message.
By sending a second message with a large value (>1420 bytes) the attacker can then achieve a heap buffer overflow.
This fix replaces min_t(int, …) with min_t(u32)
Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 5.4.0