CVE-2026-8449 PUBLISHED

Linux ksmbd Remote Memory Corruption via ACL Inheritance

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 12.05.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

Linux ksmbd contains a remote memory corruption vulnerability in the ACL inheritance path that allows remote clients with directory creation permissions to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read and subsequent heap corruption by setting a crafted DACL with a malformed SID containing an inflated num_subauth field. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by creating a directory, setting the malicious DACL via SMB2_SET_INFO, and creating child entries to cause kernel instability, denial of service, or potentially achieve privilege escalation to kernel code execution.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product ksmbd
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 996454b (incl.)

Credits

  • Shota Zaizen finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read CWE