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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-63909"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-19T14:55:15.060Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:37:02.949Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
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-2026-63909"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-63909.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63909"
title: "ksmbd: OOB read regression in smb_check_perm_dacl() ACE-walk loops"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: OOB read regression in smb_check_perm_dacl() ACE-walk loops\n\nCommit d07b26f39246 (\"ksmbd: require minimum ACE size in\nsmb_check_perm_dacl()\") introduced a transposed bounds check:\n\n    if (offsetof(struct smb_ace, sid) + aces_size \u003c CIFS_SID_BASE_SIZE)\n\nSince offsetof(..sid) is 8 and CIFS_SID_BASE_SIZE is 8, this evaluates\nto `aces_size \u003c 0`. Because `aces_size` is always non-negative, this\ncheck becomes dead code and never breaks the loop.\n\nWorse, that commit removed the old 4-byte guard, meaning the loop now\nreads `ace-\u003esize` (offset 2) even when `aces_size` is 0-3 bytes. This\nre-opens a 2-byte heap out-of-bounds (OOB) read past the pntsd allocation\nduring subsequent SMB2_CREATE operations.\n\nFix this by properly transposing the comparison to require at least\n16 bytes (8-byte offset + 8-byte SID base), matching the correct form\nused in smb_inherit_dacl()."
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