CVE-2026-52944

MEDIUM

ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE FSCTL_SET_SPARSE in fsctl_set_sparse() modifies the file's sparse attribute and saves it through xattr without any permission checks. This exposes two issues: 1) A client on a read-only share can change the sparse attribute on files it opened, even though the share is read-only. Other FSCTL write operations already check test_tree_conn_flag(work->tcon, KSMBD_TREE_CONN_FLAG_WRITABLE), but FSCTL_SET_SPARSE does not. 2) Even on writable shares, clients without FILE_WRITE_DATA or FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES access should not modify the sparse attribute. Similar handle-level checks exist in other functions but are missing here. Add both share-level writable check and per-handle access check. Use goto out on error to avoid leaking file references.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 6.6.143linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.18.35linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 6.18.35 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.143 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0.12 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 - 3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812
... and 5 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026