CVE-2026-31704
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() and set_ntacl_dacl() accumulate ACE sizes in u16 variables.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() and set_ntacl_dacl() accumulate ACE sizes in u16 variables. When a file has many POSIX ACL entries, the accumulated size can wrap past 65535, causing the pointer arithmetic (char *)pndace + *size to land within already-written ACEs. Subsequent writes then overwrite earlier entries, and pndacl->size gets a truncated value. Use check_add_overflow() at each accumulation point to detect the wrap before it corrupts the buffer, consistent with existing check_mul_overflow() usage elsewhere in smbacl.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299f962c0b02d048fb45d248b4da493d03f3175dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e53a773db6342ac9a689ee5ba635c31744c9f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7b8f3c539d69b2ed5f2408e2f75e68ce7eef43Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d5729350b236896f51379588d9a690b7fafb8dbPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1955a94b6f17f4b058afa955a6f187eb3ed7615Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef7902be3f215b6bf7babe4dc9dd9a7d57dad7a7Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.