CVE-2026-64398

ksmbd: add a permission check for FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:50 AM UTC
Updated: September 4, 2026 at 03:36 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: add a permission check for FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA in smb2_ioctl() destroys file data via ksmbd_vfs_zero_data() -> vfs_fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE/ZERO_RANGE) after checking only the share-level KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE, with no per-handle access check. A handle opened with only FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES still yields an FMODE_WRITE filp (FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES is part of FILE_WRITE_DESIRE_ACCESS_LE, so smb2_create_open_flags() opens it O_WRONLY), so the vfs_fallocate FMODE_WRITE check does not stop it; only the missing fp->daccess gate would. Reproduced on mainline 7.1-rc7 with KASAN by an authenticated SMB client: a FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES-only handle zeroed 4096 bytes of file data it had no FILE_WRITE_DATA right to (6/6; a FILE_READ_DATA-only handle was correctly denied). This is the unfixed sibling of commit cc57232cae23 ("ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE"). Because SET_ZERO_DATA writes data (not an attribute), require FILE_WRITE_DATA.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1785.15 ≤ v < 6.12.965.15 ≤ v < 6.18.395.15 ≤ v < 6.6.1455.15 ≤ v < 7.1.45.15 ≤ v < 7.26.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.965.15e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9
Vendor states this is fixed in 25377f369688dd0bd814dc8965ed26d44238ecaa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3072d82461f498c85daea8766e9d8bfbada31605 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3320ba068198adc144c89d6661b805acce01735b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 57f2042fd87d7ce8fc3ac8b6c176e554df68b1a7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ca53bb17f4e8232cfaece3953d3cef62c559b039 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in deffa929086d7902e30918adf3dd27ccfe9c08b1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
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