High severity · published May 15, 2026
CVE-2026-43490
ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: validate inherited ACE SID length
smb_inherit_dacl() walks the parent directory DACL loaded from the
security descriptor xattr. It verifies that each ACE contains the fixed
SID header before using it, but does not verify that the variable-length
SID described by sid.num_subauth is fully contained in the ACE.
A malformed inheritable ACE can advertise more subauthorities than are
present in the ACE. compare_sids() may then read past the ACE.
smb_set_ace() also clamps the copied destination SID, but used the
unchecked source SID count to compute the inherited ACE size. That could
advance the temporary inherited ACE buffer pointer and nt_size accounting
past the allocated buffer.
Fix this by validating the parent ACE SID count and SID length before
using the SID during inheritance. Compute the inherited ACE size from the
copied SID so the size matches the bounded destination SID. Reject the
inherited DACL if size accumulation would overflow smb_acl.size or the
security descriptor allocation size.
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)0.4% · higher than 35% 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 6.6.141; 6.7 before 6.12.88; 6.13 before 6.18.30; 6.19 before 7.0.7; 7.1; 7.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before a7fb771314fb3a265d30f8ac245869a367ab065c; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 47c6e37a77b10e74f70d845ba4ea5d3cafa00336; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 1aa60fea7f637c071f529ad6784aecca2f2f0c5f; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before c1d95c995d5bcb24b639200a899eda59cb1e6d64; e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 before 996454bc0da84d5a1dedb1a7861823087e01a7ae; 5.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43490
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43490
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa60fea7f637c071f529ad6784aecca2f2f0c5f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47c6e37a77b10e74f70d845ba4ea5d3cafa00336
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996454bc0da84d5a1dedb1a7861823087e01a7ae
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7fb771314fb3a265d30f8ac245869a367ab065c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d95c995d5bcb24b639200a899eda59cb1e6d64
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