CVE-2022-50341 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel CIFS/SMB client encryption path. During encrypted SMB request processing, scatterwalk_copychunks() can write to a buffer supplied by crypt_message() without correctly handling a vmalloc-backed buffer's page mapping and offset. When the final eight bytes cross a page boundary, the copy can write to read-only memory, causing a kernel oops. The fix updates cifs_sg_set_buf() to map the correct pages and offsets for vmalloc-backed buffers.
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Linux kernel CIFS encryption flaw that could trigger an oops by writing across a page boundary when handling a vmalloc-backed buffer.
A Linux kernel CIFS vulnerability causing an oops during encryption.
A Linux kernel CIFS vulnerability that can cause a kernel oops during encryption handling.
Linux kernel CIFS flaw that can cause a kernel oops during encryption operations.
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