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CVE-2026-72382 (GCVE-0-2026-72382)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43
VLAI
Title
ksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs parse_dacl() limits the attacker-controlled ACE count by comparing it with the number of minimal ACEs that fit in the DACL size. The DACL size field is 16 bits, but the expression subtracts sizeof(struct smb_acl). Because sizeof() is unsigned, a DACL size smaller than the ACL header underflows to a large size_t. A malicious client can reach this with: SMB2_SET_INFO (InfoType=SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY) -> smb2_set_info_sec() -> set_info_sec() -> parse_sec_desc() -> parse_dacl() -> init_acl_state(..., 0xffff) -> init_acl_state(..., 0xffff) -> kmalloc_objs(..., 0xffff) Thus a malformed security descriptor can make num_aces pass the guard and drive large temporary ACL state and pointer-array allocations. Reject DACLs smaller than struct smb_acl before doing the subtraction, so the ACE count check cannot be bypassed by the underflow.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 16fb65ec15fe7c90f50a2115854bfd9a032d4023 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 282847c0cf22f2e961155ac8e42f6eeab7e16049 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < d020e7f27bf65eecd3805404702f716b2b6d9e73 (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 15a9e9b8f7f5d7f380ae54c6f5bcbc0bdcb0f3cd (git)
Affected: e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 , < 60908f7ebcd9b6cde74ad5711fab0f49c7970949 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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