From: Fredric Cover <FredTheDude@proton.me> mainline inclusion from mainline-v7.0-rc6 commit 78ec5bf2f589ec7fd8f169394bfeca541b077317 category: bugfix bugzilla: https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/14608 CVE: CVE-2026-43112 Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?i... -------------------------------- When cifs_sanitize_prepath is called with an empty string or a string containing only delimiters (e.g., "/"), the current logic attempts to check *(cursor2 - 1) before cursor2 has advanced. This results in an out-of-bounds read. This patch adds an early exit check after stripping prepended delimiters. If no path content remains, the function returns NULL. The bug was identified via manual audit and verified using a standalone test case compiled with AddressSanitizer, which triggered a SEGV on affected inputs. Signed-off-by: Fredric Cover <FredTheDude@proton.me> Reviewed-by: Henrique Carvalho <[2]henrique.carvalho@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> Conflicts: fs/cifs/connect.c fs/smb/client/fs_context.c [fs/cifs move to fs/smb/client] Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@huawei.com> --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index a69f6f1f31bc..adfc235b7c06 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -1351,6 +1351,10 @@ static char *sanitize_path(char *path) while (IS_DELIM(*cursor1)) cursor1++; + /* exit in case of only delimiters */ + if (!*cursor1) + return NULL; + /* copy the first letter */ *cursor2 = *cursor1; -- 2.52.0