Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-69436.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-69436
Upstream
Published
2025-10-30T10:15:34Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:21:53.284445Z
Summary
CVE-2025-40099 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.117.1-1
Details

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

cifs: parsedfsreferrals: prevent oob on malformed input

Malicious SMB server can send invalid reply to FSCTLDFSGET_REFERRALS

  • reply smaller than sizeof(struct getdfsreferral_rsp)
  • reply with number of referrals smaller than NumberOfReferrals in the header

Processing of such replies will cause oob.

Return -EINVAL error on such replies to prevent oob-s.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.117.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-69436.json"