Race condition leading to out-of-bounds read in smb_strdupin function in FreeBSD through 11.1

Race condition leading to out-of-bounds read in smb_strdupin function in FreeBSD through 11.1

CVE-2017-15037 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In FreeBSD through 11.1, the smb_strdupin function in sys/netsmb/smb_subr.c has a race condition with a resultant out-of-bounds read, because it can cause t2p->t_name strings to lack a final '\0' character.

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