Answer in brief
CVE-2026-64139 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in ksmbd: fix SID memory leak in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() on overflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=41e53a773db6342ac9a689ee5ba635c31744c9f0 <9b0a8985b419a71ee1cc9c0cc6a9e1bb7815a2c5 || >=8d5729350b236896f51379588d9a690b7fafb8db <9d378e17c864da08c3a4df41dae92cfa6468b00a || >=e1955a94b6f17f4b058afa955a6f187eb3ed7615 <519fb0a42ce5d7e46935577309fb282a5f2c6ea3 || >=5e7b8f3c539d69b2ed5f2408e2f75e68ce7eef43 <0e198f09cb2a554c04de0fea4e790f1250a943ca || >=ef7902be3f215b6bf7babe4dc9dd9a7d57dad7a7 <eced48cb08f07393a5ea770fdd1026452883c3ad || >=299f962c0b02d048fb45d248b4da493d03f3175d <af92ee994cc7f7e83a41c2025f32257a2f82a7ef | 9b0a8985b419a71ee1cc9c0cc6a9e1bb7815a2c5, 9d378e17c864da08c3a4df41dae92cfa6468b00a, 519fb0a42ce5d7e46935577309fb282a5f2c6ea3, 0e198f09cb2a554c04de0fea4e790f1250a943ca, eced48cb08f07393a5ea770fdd1026452883c3ad, af92ee994cc7f7e83a41c2025f32257a2f82a7ef |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=6.1.175 <6.1.184 || >=6.6.136 <6.6.142 || >=6.12.84 <6.12.92 || >=6.18.25 <6.18.34 || >=7.0.2 <7.0.11 | 6.1.184, 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11 |
Published upstream
Jul 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix SID memory leak in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() on overflow Commit 299f962c0b02 ("ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow") added check_add_overflow() guards that break out of the ACE-building loops in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() when the accumulated DACL size would wrap past 65535. However, each iteration allocates a struct smb_sid via kmalloc_obj() at the top of the loop and relies on the kfree(sid) call at the end of the loop body (the 'pass_same_sid' label in the first loop, and the explicit kfree at the tail of the second loop) to release it. The newly introduced 'break' statements bypass those kfree() calls, leaking the sid buffer every time an overflow is detected. A malicious or malformed file with enough POSIX ACL entries to trip the overflow check will leak one or more struct smb_sid allocations on every request that touches the file's DACL, providing a trivial kernel memory exhaustion vector. Free sid before breaking out of the loops to plug the leak.
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