# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-72382"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:56:14.103Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:43:33.111Z"
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-2026-72382"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72382.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72382"
title: "ksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs\n\nparse_dacl() limits the attacker-controlled ACE count by comparing it\nwith the number of minimal ACEs that fit in the DACL size. The DACL size\nfield is 16 bits, but the expression subtracts sizeof(struct smb_acl).\nBecause sizeof() is unsigned, a DACL size smaller than the ACL header\nunderflows to a large size_t.\n\nA malicious client can reach this with:\n\nSMB2_SET_INFO (InfoType=SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY)\n  -\u003e smb2_set_info_sec()\n  -\u003e set_info_sec()\n  -\u003e parse_sec_desc()\n  -\u003e parse_dacl()\n     -\u003e init_acl_state(..., 0xffff)\n     -\u003e init_acl_state(..., 0xffff)\n     -\u003e kmalloc_objs(..., 0xffff)\n\nThus a malformed security descriptor can make num_aces pass the guard\nand drive large temporary ACL state and pointer-array allocations.\n\nReject DACLs smaller than struct smb_acl before doing the subtraction,\nso the ACE count check cannot be bypassed by the underflow."
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