CVE-2024-49996

/// Technical description

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

cifs: Fix buffer overflow when parsing NFS reparse points

ReparseDataLength is sum of the InodeType size and DataBuffer size.

So to get DataBuffer size it is needed to subtract InodeType's size from

ReparseDataLength.

Function cifs_strndup_from_utf16() is currentlly accessing buf->DataBuffer

at position after the end of the buffer because it does not subtract

InodeType size from the length. Fix this problem and correctly subtract

variable len.

Member InodeType is present only when reparse buffer is large enough. Check

for ReparseDataLength before accessing InodeType to prevent another invalid

memory access.

Major and minor rdev values are present also only when reparse buffer is

large enough. Check for reparse buffer size before calling reparse_mkdev().

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References