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GHSA-8HP2-QMC6-F97H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-05-07 06:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

build_sec_desc() and id_mode_to_cifs_acl() derive a DACL pointer from a server-supplied dacloffset and then use the incoming ACL to rebuild the chmod/chown security descriptor.

The original fix only checked that the struct smb_acl header fits before reading dacl_ptr->size or dacl_ptr->num_aces. That avoids the immediate header-field OOB read, but the rewrite helpers still walk ACEs based on pdacl->num_aces with no structural validation of the incoming DACL body.

A malicious server can return a truncated DACL that still contains a header, claims one or more ACEs, and then drive replace_sids_and_copy_aces() or set_chmod_dacl() past the validated extent while they compare or copy attacker-controlled ACEs.

Factor the DACL structural checks into validate_dacl(), extend them to validate each ACE against the DACL bounds, and use the shared validator before the chmod/chown rebuild paths. parse_dacl() reuses the same validator so the read-side parser and write-side rewrite paths agree on what constitutes a well-formed incoming DACL.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-05-07T06:31:40Z",
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CVE-2026-31709 (GCVE-0-2026-31709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 13:56 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:14

Title

smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl build_sec_desc() and id_mode_to_cifs_acl() derive a DACL pointer from a server-supplied dacloffset and then use the incoming ACL to rebuild the chmod/chown security descriptor. The original fix only checked that the struct smb_acl header fits before reading dacl_ptr->size or dacl_ptr->num_aces. That avoids the immediate header-field OOB read, but the rewrite helpers still walk ACEs based on pdacl->num_aces with no structural validation of the incoming DACL body. A malicious server can return a truncated DACL that still contains a header, claims one or more ACEs, and then drive replace_sids_and_copy_aces() or set_chmod_dacl() past the validated extent while they compare or copy attacker-controlled ACEs. Factor the DACL structural checks into validate_dacl(), extend them to validate each ACE against the DACL bounds, and use the shared validator before the chmod/chown rebuild paths. parse_dacl() reuses the same validator so the read-side parser and write-side rewrite paths agree on what constitutes a well-formed incoming DACL.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92f3f0b22414e751…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78db9bddc84136f6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a8cf165566ba55a3…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 , < d92f3f0b22414e7515696a02224d0af55e3004a3 (git) Affected: bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 , < b78db9bddc84136f6a0bb49e8883cf200dfb87a8 (git) Affected: bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 , < 0a8cf165566ba55a39fd0f4de172119dd646d39a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.12 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.2 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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