ksmbd: restore DACL size on check_add_overflow() to avoid malformed ACL
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: restore DACL size on check_add_overflow() to avoid malformed ACL check_add_overflow() unconditionally writes the truncated sum into *d even on overflow, per its contract in include/linux/overflow.h. The four check_add_overflow() guards in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() and set_ntacl_dacl() break out of the ACE-building loops on overflow, but the truncated *size is then consumed downstream at the end of set_ntacl_dacl(): pndacl->size = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(pndacl->size) + size); This produces an on-wire NT ACL whose pndacl->size under-reports the bytes actually written by the preceding fill_ace_for_sid()/memcpy() calls, yielding a malformed ACL that can trigger out-of-bounds reads when re-parsed by clients or ksmbd itself. Restore *size to its pre-addition value on each overflow branch (via `*size -= ace_sz` / `size -= nt_ace_size`) so that after the break, *size once again holds the cumulative size of the successfully-written ACEs. The committed ACL is then truncated-but-self-consistent rather than malformed. The ksmbd DACL builders are the only check_add_overflow() sites found where an overflow path breaks out of a loop and the destination value is consumed afterward. The other nearby break-style cases either return -EINVAL on overflow (transport_ipc.c) or break without consuming the overflowed destination value afterward (buildid.c).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 6.1.175 to before 6.1.184; 6.6.136 to before 6.6.148; 6.12.84 to before 6.12.101; 6.18.25 to before 6.18.42; 7.0.2 to before 7.1 | 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 7.1 and later | 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.1.175 to before 6.1.184; 6.6.136 to before 6.6.148; 6.12.84 to before 6.12.101; 6.18.25 to before 6.18.42; 7.0.2 to before 7.1 Fixed in 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 7.1 and later Fixed in 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68099
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjwm-2vhv-89mg
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f3a7a499a7d9bb1c0f33fe78c4a4594d7e307f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4fcd0c1a243d449307b887fafee23921e9db5ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf38372821b1526f31538a7d9811844c55c7f38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/847ecd4eb3c117c3d2f13f1e7ab506543aad8183
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc90144ce8bb7fcf05ad9417c7adb4e9509d9e13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbf0a8e931204ecdab494a88d43b0a24a04285c5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68099 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68099 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xjwm-2vhv-89mg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68099 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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