CVE-2026-64394
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
ksmbd: add a WRITE_DAC/WRITE_OWNER check to SMB2 SET_INFO SECURITY
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: add a WRITE_DAC/WRITE_OWNER check to SMB2 SET_INFO SECURITY commit cc57232cae23 ("ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE") added a fp->daccess gate to fsctl_set_sparse and noted that "similar handle-level checks exist in other functions but are missing here." The SMB2 SET_INFO SECURITY arm is one of the missing ones, and the most security-relevant: smb2_set_info_sec() calls set_info_sec() with no per-handle access check. set_info_sec() (fs/smb/server/smbacl.c) re-permissions the file: it rewrites owner/group/mode via notify_change(), rewrites the POSIX ACL via set_posix_acl(), and on KSMBD_SHARE_FLAG_ACL_XATTR shares removes and rewrites the Windows security descriptor via ksmbd_vfs_set_sd_xattr(). Every other persistent-mutation arm of the sibling handler smb2_set_info_file() checks fp->daccess first (FILE_WRITE_DATA / FILE_DELETE / FILE_WRITE_EA / FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES); the SECURITY arm — which mutates the access control itself — is the only one with no gate. A client can therefore open a handle with FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES only (no FILE_WRITE_DAC / FILE_WRITE_OWNER) and use SMB2_SET_INFO with InfoType SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY to rewrite the file's DACL and owner, granting itself access the handle's daccess never carried. Unlike the FSCTL data arms this is a metadata/xattr operation, so there is no FMODE_WRITE VFS backstop — the missing fp->daccess check is the entire gate. Setting a security descriptor is the WRITE_DAC / WRITE_OWNER operation, so require at least one of those on the handle before re-permissioning the file. -EACCES is mapped to STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED by smb2_set_info().
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | 0848b1d8b403f530878195dcbe241a2fddb9d0e1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | e6aa731f1b4b3e08caebf66a99f04b22bdab2e99 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | 9ab2ffd3ed3d4ca1667c52de27026ddabc11e537 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | f56535db508ead8dec1c481ad93d7d8acd8f8f1e | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | aae600cdaffc6d9ce97645f129799a103a97d06d | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | 44df157a1183a7f746caa970c169255da5ac61f8 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.15 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.15 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.178 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.145 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.96 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.39 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |