CIFSGetDFSRefer(const int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
		const unsigned char *searchName,
		struct dfs_info3_param **target_nodes,
		unsigned int *num_of_nodes,
		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
{
/* TRANS2_GET_DFS_REFERRAL */
	TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
	TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_RSP *pSMBr = NULL;
	int rc = 0;
	int bytes_returned;
	int name_len;
	__u16 params, byte_count;
	*num_of_nodes = 0;
	*target_nodes = NULL;

	cFYI(1, "In GetDFSRefer the path %s", searchName);
	if (ses == NULL)
		return -ENODEV;
getDFSRetry:
	rc = smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, NULL, (void **) &pSMB,
		      (void **) &pSMBr);
	if (rc)
		return rc;

	/* server pointer checked in called function,
	but should never be null here anyway */
	pSMB->hdr.Mid = GetNextMid(ses->server);
	pSMB->hdr.Tid = ses->ipc_tid;
	pSMB->hdr.Uid = ses->Suid;
	if (ses->capabilities & CAP_STATUS32)
		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_ERR_STATUS;
	if (ses->capabilities & CAP_DFS)
		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_DFS;

	if (ses->capabilities & CAP_UNICODE) {
		pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_UNICODE;
		name_len =
		    cifsConvertToUCS((__le16 *) pSMB->RequestFileName,
				     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->RequestFileName, searchName, name_len);
	}

	if (ses->server) {
		if (ses->server->sec_mode &
		   (SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))
			pSMB->hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_SECURITY_SIGNATURE;
	}

	pSMB->hdr.Uid = ses->Suid;

	params = 2 /* level */  + name_len /*includes null */ ;
	pSMB->TotalDataCount = 0;
	pSMB->DataCount = 0;
	pSMB->DataOffset = 0;
	pSMB->MaxParameterCount = 0;
	/* BB find exact max SMB PDU 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_get_dfs_refer_req, MaxReferralLevel) - 4);
	pSMB->SetupCount = 1;
	pSMB->Reserved3 = 0;
	pSMB->SubCommand = cpu_to_le16(TRANS2_GET_DFS_REFERRAL);
	byte_count = params + 3 /* pad */ ;
	pSMB->ParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(params);
	pSMB->TotalParameterCount = pSMB->ParameterCount;
	pSMB->MaxReferralLevel = cpu_to_le16(3);
	inc_rfc1001_len(pSMB, byte_count);
	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(byte_count);

	rc = SendReceive(xid, ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
	if (rc) {
		cFYI(1, "Send error in GetDFSRefer = %d", rc);
		goto GetDFSRefExit;
	}
	rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);

	/* BB Also check if enough total bytes returned? */
	if (rc || get_bcc(&pSMBr->hdr) < 17) {
		rc = -EIO;      /* bad smb */
		goto GetDFSRefExit;
	}

	cFYI(1, "Decoding GetDFSRefer response BCC: %d  Offset %d",
				get_bcc(&pSMBr->hdr),
				le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataOffset));

	/* parse returned result into more usable form */
	rc = parse_DFS_referrals(pSMBr, num_of_nodes,
				 target_nodes, nls_codepage, remap,
				 searchName);

GetDFSRefExit:
	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);

	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
		goto getDFSRetry;

	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.