A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.147/6.12.100/6.18.41/7.1.5/7.2-rc3 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function ksmbd_smb2_check_message of the file fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c of the component ksmbd. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read.

This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-64578. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.