CIFSGetSrvInodeNumber(const int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
		      const unsigned char *searchName,
		      __u64 *inode_number,
		      const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
{
	int rc = 0;
	TRANSACTION2_QPI_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
	TRANSACTION2_QPI_RSP *pSMBr = NULL;
	int name_len, bytes_returned;
	__u16 params, byte_count;

	cFYI(1, "In GetSrvInodeNum for %s", searchName);
	if (tcon == NULL)
		return -ENODEV;

GetInodeNumberRetry:
	rc = smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, tcon, (void **) &pSMB,
		      (void **) &pSMBr);
	if (rc)
		return rc;

	if (pSMB->hdr.Flags2 & SMBFLG2_UNICODE) {
		name_len =
			cifsConvertToUCS((__le16 *) pSMB->FileName, searchName,
					 PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
		name_len++;     /* trailing null */
		name_len *= 2;
	} else {	/* BB improve the check for buffer overruns BB */
		name_len = strnlen(searchName, PATH_MAX);
		name_len++;     /* trailing null */
		strncpy(pSMB->FileName, searchName, name_len);
	}

	params = 2 /* level */  + 4 /* rsrvd */  + name_len /* incl null */ ;
	pSMB->TotalDataCount = 0;
	pSMB->MaxParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(2);
	/* BB find exact max data count below from sess structure BB */
	pSMB->MaxDataCount = cpu_to_le16(4000);
	pSMB->MaxSetupCount = 0;
	pSMB->Reserved = 0;
	pSMB->Flags = 0;
	pSMB->Timeout = 0;
	pSMB->Reserved2 = 0;
	pSMB->ParameterOffset = cpu_to_le16(offsetof(
		struct smb_com_transaction2_qpi_req, InformationLevel) - 4);
	pSMB->DataCount = 0;
	pSMB->DataOffset = 0;
	pSMB->SetupCount = 1;
	pSMB->Reserved3 = 0;
	pSMB->SubCommand = cpu_to_le16(TRANS2_QUERY_PATH_INFORMATION);
	byte_count = params + 1 /* pad */ ;
	pSMB->TotalParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(params);
	pSMB->ParameterCount = pSMB->TotalParameterCount;
	pSMB->InformationLevel = cpu_to_le16(SMB_QUERY_FILE_INTERNAL_INFO);
	pSMB->Reserved4 = 0;
	inc_rfc1001_len(pSMB, byte_count);
	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(byte_count);

	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
		(struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
	if (rc) {
		cFYI(1, "error %d in QueryInternalInfo", rc);
	} else {
		/* decode response */
		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
		/* BB also check enough total bytes returned */
		if (rc || get_bcc(&pSMBr->hdr) < 2)
			/* If rc should we check for EOPNOSUPP and
			disable the srvino flag? or in caller? */
			rc = -EIO;      /* bad smb */
		else {
			__u16 data_offset = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataOffset);
			__u16 count = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataCount);
			struct file_internal_info *pfinfo;
			/* BB Do we need a cast or hash here ? */
			if (count < 8) {
				cFYI(1, "Illegal size ret in QryIntrnlInf");
				rc = -EIO;
				goto GetInodeNumOut;
			}
			pfinfo = (struct file_internal_info *)
				(data_offset + (char *) &pSMBr->hdr.Protocol);
			*inode_number = le64_to_cpu(pfinfo->UniqueId);
		}
	}
GetInodeNumOut:
	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
		goto GetInodeNumberRetry;
	return rc;
}

This weakness involves numeric computation errors, such as integer overflows, underflows, or precision losses, which can lead to miscalculations and exploitable behaviors in software.