CVE-2026-68097

CVE-2026-68097

High · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities

set_ntacl_dacl() validates sid.num_subauth before copying an ACE, but

does not verify that the declared ACE size contains all sub-authorities

described by that field. An undersized ACE can therefore be copied

and later make the POSIX ACL deduplication walk inspect data beyond

the copied ACE boundary.

The existing initial bound check is also too small. It only ensures

that the ACE size field is accessible before set_ntacl_dacl() reads

sid.num_subauth farther into the input buffer.

Require enough input for the fixed SID header before accessing

num_subauth, reject ACEs smaller than that header, and skip ACEs

whose declared size cannot contain the complete SID. This makes the

validation consistent with the other ACE walk paths.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00447 · 37.9th percentile
Published
2026-08-10T17:19Z
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 11:58Z
    ksmbd: validate ACE size against SID sub-authorities
    cvelistv5