{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-72382", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.923Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:56:14.103Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:43:33.111Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:43:33.111Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs\n\nparse_dacl() limits the attacker-controlled ACE count by comparing it\nwith the number of minimal ACEs that fit in the DACL size. The DACL size\nfield is 16 bits, but the expression subtracts sizeof(struct smb_acl).\nBecause sizeof() is unsigned, a DACL size smaller than the ACL header\nunderflows to a large size_t.\n\nA malicious client can reach this with:\n\nSMB2_SET_INFO (InfoType=SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY)\n -> smb2_set_info_sec()\n -> set_info_sec()\n -> parse_sec_desc()\n -> parse_dacl()\n -> init_acl_state(..., 0xffff)\n -> init_acl_state(..., 0xffff)\n -> kmalloc_objs(..., 0xffff)\n\nThus a malformed security descriptor can make num_aces pass the guard\nand drive large temporary ACL state and pointer-array allocations.\n\nReject DACLs smaller than struct smb_acl before doing the subtraction,\nso the ACE count check cannot be bypassed by the underflow." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The flaw is reached through ksmbd's in-kernel SMB2 server on TCP/445 via SMB2_SET_INFO (InfoType=SMB2_O_INFO_SECURITY) or SMB2 CREATE with an SD buffer, both handled from remote network input.\nAC:L - An attacker reliably triggers the bug by sending a crafted security descriptor with DACL size below 8 bytes and a large num_aces (e.g. 0xFFFF), bypassing the underflowed ACE-count check without special timing or victim state.\nPR:L - Exploitation requires an authenticated SMB session, a writable tree connect, an open file handle (or CREATE with SD buffer), and FILE_WRITE_DAC or FILE_WRITE_OWNER access on that object.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required beyond the attacker sending malicious SMB2 protocol requests to an exposed ksmbd server.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel memory exhaustion and ksmbd availability within the same host security authority; it does not cross VM, container, or IOMMU boundaries.\nC:H - The unsigned underflow bypasses DACL bounds validation, letting attacker-controlled num_aces drive multi-megabyte kernel heap allocations and parse attacker-supplied ACE data from malformed security descriptors.\nI:H - Attacker-controlled allocation sizing from bypassed validation creates large heap manipulation primitives in kernel context, consistent with similar ksmbd DACL integer-validation flaws scored at high integrity impact.\nA:H - Each malicious request forces roughly 2.5 MB of kernel allocations; repeated or concurrent SMB2_SET_INFO calls can exhaust memory, trigger OOM/page-allocator failures, and deny service to ksmbd and the host." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/server/smbacl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9", "lessThan": "16fb65ec15fe7c90f50a2115854bfd9a032d4023", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9", "lessThan": "282847c0cf22f2e961155ac8e42f6eeab7e16049", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9", "lessThan": "d020e7f27bf65eecd3805404702f716b2b6d9e73", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9", "lessThan": "15a9e9b8f7f5d7f380ae54c6f5bcbc0bdcb0f3cd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9", "lessThan": "60908f7ebcd9b6cde74ad5711fab0f49c7970949", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/smb/server/smbacl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.15", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.145", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.97", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16fb65ec15fe7c90f50a2115854bfd9a032d4023" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282847c0cf22f2e961155ac8e42f6eeab7e16049" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d020e7f27bf65eecd3805404702f716b2b6d9e73" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a9e9b8f7f5d7f380ae54c6f5bcbc0bdcb0f3cd" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60908f7ebcd9b6cde74ad5711fab0f49c7970949" } ], "title": "ksmbd: reject undersized DACLs before parsing ACEs", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }