CVE-2026-98114
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-252
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: propagate DACL parsing errors parse_dacl() silently accepts truncated ACEs and allocation failures, allowing set_info_sec() to continue with an incomplete ACL conversion. Return parsing and allocation errors to parse_sec_desc() so malformed security descriptors are rejected before inode attributes or ACL xattrs are updated.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37952f03d5171eb3a33b2abc2cf6e456d69ff4a1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37952f03d5171eb3a33b2abc2cf6e456d69ff4a1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/461f10a5297e85b7c1cd21838922f2e57b934d2dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ae165acf633b13df34105815110fec332a2cdcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a04dac1f2cffe9533f4260f0659297d805e69194Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c61dc7b1b4a3234b4aa3965502908a292238805cPatch