Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated Jun 1, 2026
CVE-2026-31704
CVE-2026-31704
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow
set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() and set_ntacl_dacl() accumulate ACE sizes in u16 variables. When a file has many POSIX ACL entries, the accumulated size can wrap past 65535, causing the pointer arithmetic (char *)pndace + *size to land within already-written ACEs. Subsequent writes then overwrite earlier entries, and pndacl->size gets a truncated value.
Use check_add_overflow() at each accumulation point to detect the wrap before it corrupts the buffer, consistent with existing check_mul_overflow() usage elsewhere in smbacl.c.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rcpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 6.18.31-r0+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.31-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.31-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.31-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1_rc3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.31-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-1.1
Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/299f962c0b02d048fb45d248b4da493d03f3175dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7b8f3c539d69b2ed5f2408e2f75e68ce7eef43nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d5729350b236896f51379588d9a690b7fafb8dbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1955a94b6f17f4b058afa955a6f187eb3ed7615nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef7902be3f215b6bf7babe4dc9dd9a7d57dad7a7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e53a773db6342ac9a689ee5ba635c31744c9f0nvd
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026