High severity · published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-31432
ksmbd: fix OOB write in QUERY_INFO for compound requests
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix OOB write in QUERY_INFO for compound requests
When a compound request such as READ + QUERY_INFO(Security) is received,
and the first command (READ) consumes most of the response buffer,
ksmbd could write beyond the allocated buffer while building a security
descriptor.
The root cause was that smb2_get_info_sec() checked buffer space using
ppntsd_size from xattr, while build_sec_desc() often synthesized a
significantly larger descriptor from POSIX ACLs.
This patch introduces smb_acl_sec_desc_scratch_len() to accurately
compute the final descriptor size beforehand, performs proper buffer
checking with smb2_calc_max_out_buf_len(), and uses exact-sized
allocation + iov pinning.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.15.145 before 5.16; 6.1.71 before 6.2; 6.6 before 6.12.81; 6.13 before 6.18.22; 6.19 before 6.19.12; 7.0; +5 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d before 850452af77f55d185f9445e1f7a1db53c5e4aad4; e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d before d48c64fb80ad78b3dd29fb7d79b6ec7bd72bfc09; e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d before 075ea208c648cc2bcd616295b711d3637c61de45; e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d before 515c2daab46021221bdf406bef19bc90a44ec617; e2b76ab8b5c9327ab2dae6da05d0752eb2f4771d before fda9522ed6afaec45cabc198d8492270c394c7bc; f2283680a80571ca82d710bc6ecd8f8beac67d63; +4 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31432
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31432
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/075ea208c648cc2bcd616295b711d3637c61de45
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/515c2daab46021221bdf406bef19bc90a44ec617
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/850452af77f55d185f9445e1f7a1db53c5e4aad4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48c64fb80ad78b3dd29fb7d79b6ec7bd72bfc09
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fda9522ed6afaec45cabc198d8492270c394c7bc
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