CVE-2026-98170

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

smb: client: fix OOB struct field reads in move smb2 ea to cifs()

In move smb2 ea to cifs(), the while (src size > 0) loop condition is insufficient. It allows iteration to continue even if the remaining src size is too small to contain a complete smb2 ea info structure. Consequently, reads of ea name length and ea value length can occur out-of-bounds.

Fix this by ensuring src size >= sizeof(*src) before attempting to read any structure fields. Additionally, reject any next entry offset that is smaller than sizeof(*src) or that would advance the pointer beyond the available buffer.

Note that for calls where the server returns a malformed EA list, the error returned to userspace changes from -ENODATA (getxattr) or -ERANGE (listxattr) to -EIO. This correctly signals a server protocol error rather than misleadingly indicating "attribute not present" or "output buffer too small".