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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98127",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.318Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:36:08.406Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:54:38.540Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb/client: validate new EOF for insert range\n\nsmb3_insert_range() does not check if the new file size\n(i_size + len) is valid. This allows FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE to bypass\nRLIMIT_FSIZE, exceed s_maxbytes, or produce a size outside the loff_t\nrange.\n\nUse check_add_overflow() to calculate the new EOF. Validate it with\ninode_newsize_ok() before modifying the file.\n\nReproducer, using a file on a CIFS mount:\n\n\tbash -c '\n\t\tFILE=/mnt/cifs/repro\n\n\t\ttrap \"\" SIGXFSZ\n\t\tulimit -f 3072\t\t# RLIMIT_FSIZE = 3 MiB\n\n\t\t# A regular write is stopped at 3 MiB.\n\t\tdd if=/dev/zero of=\"$FILE\" bs=1M count=4 status=none\n\t\tstat -c \"size after write: %s\" \"$FILE\"\n\n\t\t# Insert 2 MiB into a 2 MiB file.\n\t\ttruncate -s 2M \"$FILE\"\n\t\tfallocate -i -o 0 -l 2M \"$FILE\"\n\t\tstat -c \"size after insert: %s\" \"$FILE\"\n\t'\n\nBefore this change, the regular write stops at the 3 MiB limit, but\ninsert range grows the file to 4 MiB:\n\n\tdd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large\n\tsize after write: 3145728\n\tsize after insert: 4194304\n\nAfter this change, insert range also fails at the limit and leaves the\n2 MiB file unchanged:\n\n\tdd: error writing '/mnt/cifs/repro': File too large\n\tsize after write: 3145728\n\tfallocate: fallocate failed: File too large\n\tsize after insert: 2097152"
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