CVE-2026-31704 PUBLISHED

ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 01.05.2026 Updated: 01.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow

set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() and set_ntacl_dacl() accumulate ACE sizes in u16 variables. When a file has many POSIX ACL entries, the accumulated size can wrap past 65535, causing the pointer arithmetic (char )pndace + size to land within already-written ACEs. Subsequent writes then overwrite earlier entries, and pndacl->size gets a truncated value.

Use check_add_overflow() at each accumulation point to detect the wrap before it corrupts the buffer, consistent with existing check_mul_overflow() usage elsewhere in smbacl.c.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 to 8d5729350b236896f51379588d9a690b7fafb8db (excl.)
  • affected from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 to e1955a94b6f17f4b058afa955a6f187eb3ed7615 (excl.)
  • affected from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 to 5e7b8f3c539d69b2ed5f2408e2f75e68ce7eef43 (excl.)
  • affected from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 to ef7902be3f215b6bf7babe4dc9dd9a7d57dad7a7 (excl.)
  • affected from e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 to 299f962c0b02d048fb45d248b4da493d03f3175d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.136 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.84 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.25 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.2 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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