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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-31712" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-01T13:56:08.583Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:18:08.369Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31712" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31712.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31712" title: "ksmbd: require minimum ACE size in smb_check_perm_dacl()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: require minimum ACE size in smb_check_perm_dacl()\n\nBoth ACE-walk loops in smb_check_perm_dacl() only guard against an\nunder-sized remaining buffer, not against an ACE whose declared\n`ace-\u003esize` is smaller than the struct it claims to describe:\n\n if (offsetof(struct smb_ace, access_req) \u003e aces_size)\n break;\n ace_size = le16_to_cpu(ace-\u003esize);\n if (ace_size \u003e aces_size)\n break;\n\nThe first check only requires the 4-byte ACE header to be in bounds;\nit does not require access_req (4 bytes at offset 4) to be readable.\nAn attacker who has set a crafted DACL on a file they own can declare\nace-\u003esize == 4 with aces_size == 4, pass both checks, and then\n\n granted |= le32_to_cpu(ace-\u003eaccess_req); /* upper loop */\n compare_sids(&sid, &ace-\u003esid); /* lower loop */\n\nreads access_req at offset 4 (OOB by up to 4 bytes) and ace-\u003esid at\noffset 8 (OOB by up to CIFS_SID_BASE_SIZE + SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES\n* 4 bytes).\n\nTighten both loops to require\n\n ace_size \u003e= offsetof(struct smb_ace, sid) + CIFS_SID_BASE_SIZE\n\nwhich is the smallest valid on-wire ACE layout (4-byte header +\n4-byte access_req + 8-byte sid base with zero sub-auths). Also\nreject ACEs whose sid.num_subauth exceeds SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES\nbefore letting compare_sids() dereference sub_auth[] entries.\n\nparse_sec_desc() already enforces an equivalent check (lines 441-448);\nsmb_check_perm_dacl() simply grew weaker validation over time.\n\nReachability: authenticated SMB client with permission to set an ACL\non a file. On a subsequent CREATE against that file, the kernel\nwalks the stored DACL via smb_check_perm_dacl() and triggers the\nOOB read. Not pre-auth, and the OOB read is not reflected to the\nattacker, but KASAN reports and kernel state corruption are\npossible." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"282cbbb476b9f35793452bc461934af4c7eca169"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f20adc4ef7428bc485ee83fd1a592252fb87718b"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"325d4ac11f526cb8964cff14548ccf02d8c756d8"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"95e5aa3c3261da8c95b27d7aecf8ee39b9f86a4c"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"90089584b2e25c4510b7b987387b4405f0673ece"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"151b1799861fde38087c08f613abc2843ef597b0"},{"version":"e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d07b26f39246a82399661936dd0c853983cfade7"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15"},{"version":"5.15.210","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.176","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.140","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.84","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.25","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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