CVE-2026-31611
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | *, 6.18.24, 7.0.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 0, 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
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08f9e6d899b5c834bbcc239eae1bed58d9b15d2c url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2454f4a002d08560a60f214f392e6491cf11560 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46bbcd3ebfb3549c8da1838fc4493e79bd3241e7 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9401f86a224f37b50e6a3ccf1d46a70d5ef8af0a url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31611 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00154.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00148.html advisory