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CVE-2026-68388
smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate smb3_simple_fallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range returned by the server starts before the current fallocate offset. The skipped hole is not zero-filled, but fallocate still returns success. A later write to that hole may therefore fail with ENOSPC. The function queries allocated ranges so that it can preserve existing contents and write zeroes only into holes. However, the server may return a range that starts before the current fallocate offset. For example, assume the fallocate request is [100, 400) and the only allocated range returned by the server is [0, 200): Request: [100, 400) Server range: [ 0, 200) allocated Correct: [100, 200) allocated data, skip [200, 400) hole, zero-fill Current: [100, 300) skipped [300, 400) zero-filled afterwards The current code adds the full server range length, 200, to the current offset 100 and moves to 300. As a result, the hole in [200, 300) is skipped without being zero-filled. Fix this by advancing only over the part of the allocated range that overlaps the current fallocate offset. Ignore ranges that end before the current offset and reject ranges whose end offset overflows. This also prevents a malformed range length from causing an out-of-bounds zero-buffer read.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-68388 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

Solution
Apply Linux kernel updates to fix fallocate handling and prevent potential write failures.
  • Update the Linux kernel to the latest version.
  • Verify the fallocate range logic.
  • Test system stability after the update.
  • Monitor for write operation failures.
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 10, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b', 'lessThan': '437637f5ff3f573b2edf8571de91fb00a21eb4e6', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b', 'lessThan': '377fe3e583e46369ee1004d5cfe12271d6589a68', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b', 'lessThan': '7e08ab7a061b17ac1989a225c6afb53f44a86808', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b', 'lessThan': 'a4a09e5142835633fffbde68bd0a039ba4d4bf97', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '966a3cb7c7db786452a87afdc3b48858fc4d4d6b', 'lessThan': 'b09ae45d85dc816987a71db9eebc54b0ae288e94', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'c406bb9ece6ef63721daab106f132ff4b4234e81', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2f9f4a2d0e6fcf0673ed51195e06e47abe966900', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5e397c943424de94879830e72c95f2679e297a76', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.10.50', 'lessThan': '5.11', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.12.17', 'lessThan': '5.13', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.13.2', 'lessThan': '5.14', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.14'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.14', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.148', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.101', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.42', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.6', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc4', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate smb3_simple_fallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range returned by the server starts before the current fallocate offset. The skipped hole is not zero-filled, but fallocate still returns success. A later write to that hole may therefore fail with ENOSPC. The function queries allocated ranges so that it can preserve existing contents and write zeroes only into holes. However, the server may return a range that starts before the current fallocate offset. For example, assume the fallocate request is [100, 400) and the only allocated range returned by the server is [0, 200): Request: [100, 400) Server range: [ 0, 200) allocated Correct: [100, 200) allocated data, skip [200, 400) hole, zero-fill Current: [100, 300) skipped [300, 400) zero-filled afterwards The current code adds the full server range length, 200, to the current offset 100 and moves to 300. As a result, the hole in [200, 300) is skipped without being zero-filled. Fix this by advancing only over the part of the allocated range that overlaps the current fallocate offset. Ignore ranges that end before the current offset and reject ranges whose end offset overflows. This also prevents a malformed range length from causing an out-of-bounds zero-buffer read.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377fe3e583e46369ee1004d5cfe12271d6589a68
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437637f5ff3f573b2edf8571de91fb00a21eb4e6
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e08ab7a061b17ac1989a225c6afb53f44a86808
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4a09e5142835633fffbde68bd0a039ba4d4bf97
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09ae45d85dc816987a71db9eebc54b0ae288e94
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