Answer in brief
CVE-2026-97555 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite. 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 8.8. 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.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 <fb736ab4fb8c4fdb8b2f9ccd3a62e03d11549ca1 || >=bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 <7fa84c9ca690643f429ae2709584a47e74b572c9 || >=bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 <2a9aee9ef5622d58d8aafaa3263b3ffe70e2d9dd || >=bc3e9dd9d104ca1b75644eab87b38ce8a924aef4 <0ee150794c75bcd0be0e24ff3394f433cbae18cc | fb736ab4fb8c4fdb8b2f9ccd3a62e03d11549ca1, 7fa84c9ca690643f429ae2709584a47e74b572c9, 2a9aee9ef5622d58d8aafaa3263b3ffe70e2d9dd, 0ee150794c75bcd0be0e24ff3394f433cbae18cc |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite When id_mode_to_cifs_acl rewrites an existing DACL, it allocates a buffer sized according to the on-disk DACL length reported by dacl_ptr->size. However, replace_sids_and_copy_aces may rewrite each ACE with a new owner/group SID obtained from the cifs.idmap upcall. Those SIDs can have up to SID_MAX_SUB_AUTHORITIES (15) sub-authorities, making each ACE up to 76 bytes (sizeof(struct smb_ace)). If the original DACL contains short SIDs (e.g., 1 sub-authority) while the replacement SIDs are long, the rewritten ACEs overflow the allocation. Fix this by always budgeting for worst-case SID expansion: allocate sizeof(struct smb_acl) plus num_aces * sizeof(struct smb_ace), which covers the smb_acl header and room for every ACE at maximum SID size. This replaces the previous split logic that used dacl_ptr->size for cifsacl mounts but num_aces * sizeof(struct smb_ace) for mode_from_sid mounts: both paths can trigger the same rewrite and need the same headroom. KASAN reports this as: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in build_sec_desc+0x1e8a/0x2680 [cifs] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881a5e25374 by task chown/5298 ... The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 884-byte region [ffff8881a5e25000, ffff8881a5e25374)
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