High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31611
ksmbd: require 3 sub-authorities before reading sub_auth[2]
8.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: require 3 sub-authorities before reading sub_auth[2] parse_dacl() compares each ACE SID against sid_unix_NFS_mode and on match reads sid.sub_auth[2] as the file mode. If sid_unix_NFS_mode is the prefix S-1-5-88-3 with num_subauth = 2 then compare_sids() compares only min(num_subauth, 2) sub-authorities so a client SID with num_subauth = 2 and sub_auth = {88, 3} will match. If num_subauth = 2 and the ACE is placed at the very end of the security descriptor, sub_auth[2] will be 4 bytes past end_of_acl. The out-of-band bytes will then be masked to the low 9 bits and applied as the file's POSIX mode, probably not something that is good to have happen. Fix this up by forcing the SID to actually carry a third sub-authority before reading it at all.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.15 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0 before 7.0.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before cf2148b880fb7c0fcd727202dbc4fd5d6998b9c2; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before b5b5d5936a50497fb151c0b122899a6894721c2b; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 08f9e6d899b5c834bbcc239eae1bed58d9b15d2c; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before d2454f4a002d08560a60f214f392e6491cf11560; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 46bbcd3ebfb3549c8da1838fc4493e79bd3241e7; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 9401f86a224f37b50e6a3ccf1d46a70d5ef8af0a; +2 more · source: vendor