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HIGHCVE-2026-31709Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-31709: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

00a8cf165566ba55a39fd0f4de172119dd646d39a6.6.1406.12.867.0.27.1-rc18e47d297e7cf9a6029a0d38e7b22faba7d7aaf12b78db9bddc84136f6a0bb49e8883cf200dfb87a8d92f3f0b22414e7515696a02224d0af55e3004a3
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 8e47d297e7cf9a6029a0d38e7b22faba7d7aaf12 (from bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4) · < d92f3f0b22414e7515696a02224d0af55e3004a3 (from bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4) · < b78db9bddc84136f6a0bb49e8883cf200dfb87a8 (from bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4) · < 0a8cf165566ba55a39fd0f4de172119dd646d39a (from bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4)
  • Linux / Linux
    5.12
    Fixed in 0, 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 7.0.2, 7.1-rc1
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H