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CVE-2026-68457

CRITICAL 9.1

ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations

CVSS Score
9.1
EPSS Score
0.5%
EPSS Percentile
40th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use opener credentials for FSCTL mutations SET_SPARSE, SET_ZERO_DATA and SET_COMPRESSION operate on an open SMB handle but call VFS xattr, fallocate or fileattr helpers with the current ksmbd worker credentials. Those helpers can revalidate inode permissions, ownership and LSM policy independently of the SMB handle access mask. Run each operation with the credentials captured in the target file when the handle was opened. Keep credential handling local to these single-file FSCTLs rather than applying session credentials to the complete IOCTL handler, which also contains handle-less and multi-handle operations.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Aug 15, 2026
Last Updated Aug 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < a8c18434e1f0d9f7989170bdb0490c0160baf065 e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 1e112c47ec5dd1942e2d4ca6e8e9b712238e20c2 e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < fb1cae6302d58414ddf029e3f642711bd30243f7 e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < e205f3e7e8c31a47cd11efb6cf663a527177e432 e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < cfb2c6f71d61ed807c9d7a7af331d406f1f31877 e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < c6394bcaf254c5baf9aff43376020be5db6d3316
Linux / Linux
5.15

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8c18434e1f0d9f7989170bdb0490c0160baf065 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e112c47ec5dd1942e2d4ca6e8e9b712238e20c2 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1cae6302d58414ddf029e3f642711bd30243f7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e205f3e7e8c31a47cd11efb6cf663a527177e432 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfb2c6f71d61ed807c9d7a7af331d406f1f31877 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6394bcaf254c5baf9aff43376020be5db6d3316