smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid
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
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid When the administrator mounts with forceuid or forcegid (uid=/gid= mount options), they expect all files to appear owned by the specified user/group. However, several code paths unconditionally called sid_to_id() to overwrite cf_uid/cf_gid with server-provided values, ignoring the administrator's explicit override: - smb311_posix_info_to_fattr() (stat via POSIX extensions) - cifs_posix_to_fattr() (readdir via POSIX extensions) - parse_sec_desc() (CIFS ACL ownership mapping) This allowed an untrusted server to dictate local file ownership even when the mount was configured to force specific uid/gid values. Fix all three call sites to check CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID and CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID before calling sid_to_id(), following the same pattern already used by cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr() for unix extensions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97561
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vg8h-339p-69c7
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6ac7a29691558bed18e2df1780636b8aa0fd13d5 · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@bc35de451c128d399ad185d6269f8847e97cd1c9 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@89a3b4704af2208e381c55037ff2d1e2365b83e4 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a3b4704af2208e381c55037ff2d1e2365b83e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be6eccccec867c22d7c65fab4ea4e91ec3d5b8c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc35de451c128d399ad185d6269f8847e97cd1c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7a29691558bed18e2df1780636b8aa0fd13d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b74f8f8c1d13190b09fe623b729d36b7ac22a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18a72975e9f35aadecc75b031f693f2d1f49308f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97561 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97561 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vg8h-339p-69c7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97561 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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