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CVE-2026-52944

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE FSCTL_SET_SPARSE in fsctl_set_sparse() modifies the file's sparse attribute and saves it through xattr without any permission checks. This exposes two issues: 1) A client on a read-only share can change the sparse attribute on files it opened, even though the share is read-only. Other FSCTL write operations already check test_tree_conn_flag(work->tcon, KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE), but FSCTL_SET_SPARSE does not. 2) Even on writable shares, clients without FILE_WRITE_DATA or FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES access should not modify the sparse attribute. Similar handle-level checks exist in other functions but are missing here. Add both share-level writable check and per-handle access check. Use goto out on error to avoid leaking file references.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgitef664475c1bf1a27d45dae6848ca9c9c4d86853fUnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgit3a9a0a1c38ef90788f5d7c4b29903c8b220f744aUnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgit3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812UnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgitc5ab11263e3c89aa7989afc5374ef7743e092fd0UnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgitde9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8UnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgitaef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73UnavailableNone listed
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9affectedgitcc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.15affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.15UnavailableNone listed
5.15.221unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.188unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.143unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.110unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.35unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.0.12unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.0.*None listed
7.1unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed