High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2025-21946
CVE-2025-21946
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds in parse_sec_desc()
If osidoffset, gsidoffset and dacloffset could be greater than smb_ntsd struct size. If it is smaller, It could cause slab-out-of-bounds. And when validating sid, It need to check it included subauth array size.
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Affected products
105.15+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.15
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<6.6.83
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/159d059cbcb0e6d0e7a7b34af3862ba09a6b22d1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a9831180d0b23b5c97e2bd841aefc8f82900172nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1569dbbe2d43041be9f3fef7ca08bec3b66ad1bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e13e19063db24f94b690159d0633aaf72a0f03nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ee19528664777af8b842f8f001be98345aa973nvd
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