# smb: client: fix one-byte OOB read in smb2_parse_native_symlink()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97560`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97560`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `430afd3edabf942a908570e5a41414bb455f15f8 to before ff411fcbfc55eec1d66ea82483d254319dc8e973` (git)
  - affected: `fc5a409552be479715b147748f2f61b41b512976 to before 22a9d0a9ba0c89be57558c1aa80dc60a571dd89c` (git)
  - affected: `723f4ef90452aa629f3d923e92e0449d69362b1d to before d1f173d28e964ba2c3c4ebe7491d594dc8c77a40` (git)
  - affected: `723f4ef90452aa629f3d923e92e0449d69362b1d to before 2a302fdbaf7dd00d285303c94af8f48321c22993` (git)
  - affected: `723f4ef90452aa629f3d923e92e0449d69362b1d to before cb26524ef4ac28fcfa554c0656e8dc412c38a8ff` (git)
  - affected: `c9280c017ea13ff8678ef4f1ea78a4b683292e8b` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.64 to before 6.6.158` (semver)
  - affected: `6.12.2 to before 6.12.111` (semver)
  - affected: `6.11.11 to before 6.12` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.13`
  - unaffected: `before 6.13` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0020, the 9th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97560](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97560)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97560](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97560)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff411fcbfc55eec1d66ea82483d254319dc8e973>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a9d0a9ba0c89be57558c1aa80dc60a571dd89c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f173d28e964ba2c3c4ebe7491d594dc8c77a40>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a302fdbaf7dd00d285303c94af8f48321c22993>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb26524ef4ac28fcfa554c0656e8dc412c38a8ff>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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