CVE-2026-68100
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: validate num_subauth when copying ACE in set_ntacl_dacl
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate num_subauth when copying ACE in set_ntacl_dacl set_ntacl_dacl() copies each ACE from the attacker-controlled stored security descriptor verbatim into the response DACL without checking sid.num_subauth. The ACE bytes (including an unchecked num_subauth) originate from an authenticated SMB2_SET_INFO(SecInfo=DACL) that is stored raw via ksmbd_vfs_set_sd_xattr(); parse_dacl() rejects a bad ACE with `break` rather than an error, so parse_sec_desc() still returns success and the malformed SD reaches the xattr intact. On a subsequent SMB2_QUERY_INFO(SecInfo=DACL) for an inode carrying a POSIX access ACL, build_sec_desc() -> set_ntacl_dacl() -> set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() walks the copied ACEs and reads ntace->sid.sub_auth[ntace->sid.num_subauth - 1] with num_subauth taken straight from the stored SD. Since sub_auth[] is fixed at SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES (15), a crafted num_subauth (e.g. 255) drives an out-of-bounds heap read of ~1 KB with an offset fully controlled by an authenticated client. The sibling functions already gate this field: parse_dacl() -- num_subauth == 0 || > SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES parse_sid() -- num_subauth > SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES smb_copy_sid() -- min_t(u8, num_subauth, SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES) set_ntacl_dacl() is the lone inconsistent path that omits the check. Add the same num_subauth validation in set_ntacl_dacl() before copying the ACE, matching the gate already enforced by parse_dacl().
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 | 26cb845e22a00c85bf566337417fa33492395f10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | e31fada5143784bc05c7ae44c79eed9b7a2e147e | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | fb3dc8e6da46a1ccad1956cda57de29d9b3033e0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | b6d3cc6a524416dfdb2b47e4bba2e7e20011d056 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | 5acbd3012fd4a7ccfebd91ea6f784120084eb897 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 | affected | git | 47f0b34f6bc98ed85bfdc293e8f3e432ec24958d | 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 |
| 6.1.184 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.148 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.101 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.42 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |