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CVE-2026-31611

CVE-2026-31611 PUBLISHED

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: require 3 sub-authorities before reading sub_auth[2] parse_dacl() compares each ACE SID against sid_unix_NFS_mode and on match reads sid.sub_auth[2] as the file mode. If sid_unix_NFS_mode is the prefix S-1-5-88-3 with num_subauth = 2 then compare_sids() compares only min(num_subauth, 2) sub-authorities so a client SID with num_subauth = 2 and sub_auth = {88, 3} will match. If num_subauth = 2 and the ACE is placed at the very end of the security descriptor, sub_auth[2] will be 4 bytes past end_of_acl. The out-of-band bytes will then be masked to the low 9 bits and applied as the file's POSIX mode, probably not something that is good to have happen. Fix this up by forcing the SID to actually carry a third sub-authority before reading it at all.

EPSS 0.08% · 22.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.08%
22.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux*, 6.18.24, 7.0.1
linuxlinux_kernel0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 24, 2026 CVE Published
  • Apr 24, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 27, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 29, 2026 CVE Updated
  • May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
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