CVE-2026-68099

ksmbd: restore DACL size on check_add_overflow() to avoid malformed ACL

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Published: August 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM UTC
Updated: August 23, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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).

Affected

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

v ≥ 7.0.26.1.175 ≤ v < 6.1.1846.12.84 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.18.25 ≤ v < 6.18.426.6.136 ≤ v < 6.6.1487.0.2 ≤ v < 7.17.1 ≤ v < 7.1.67.1 ≤ v < 7.2299f962c0b02d048fb45d248b4da493d03f3175d41e53a773db6342ac9a689ee5ba635c31744c9f05e7b8f3c539d69b2ed5f2408e2f75e68ce7eef436.1.1756.12.846.18.256.6.1367.0.27.18d5729350b236896f51379588d9a690b7fafb8dbe1955a94b6f17f4b058afa955a6f187eb3ed7615ef7902be3f215b6bf7babe4dc9dd9a7d57dad7a7
Vendor states this is fixed in 0bf38372821b1526f31538a7d9811844c55c7f38 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 847ecd4eb3c117c3d2f13f1e7ab506543aad8183 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f3a7a499a7d9bb1c0f33fe78c4a4594d7e307f4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bbf0a8e931204ecdab494a88d43b0a24a04285c5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bc90144ce8bb7fcf05ad9417c7adb4e9509d9e13 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4fcd0c1a243d449307b887fafee23921e9db5ab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.184 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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