In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to be supplied without CIFS origin. Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private spnego_cred to request the key.
Fix
Public exploits 5
- 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-46243 PoC on GitHub
- Koshmare-Blossom/CIFSwitch-go PoC on GitHub
- MrForkBomb/CIFSwitch-Checker-CVE-2026-46243 PoC on GitHub
- liamromanis101/cifswitch-check PoC on GitHub
- suominen/cifswitch PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aece6685fc80a8de492688ca2315fb86ec379c7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2035acfb17221729b1b8ac335e941868a04ca079 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da1fdf4efbc490041eb4f836bf596201203f8f2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7713bd320ed4fc3d08a227cd8e41242219a16981 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f89c1d83e80417629791fcef6af8140d7d01c8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9544559e59438a4b609b2fdfa0763d8360572824 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3bbda6502a9398b816fa2e71c9a3f955f58013d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf20038657d6d4974349556a34e08fe0490bebbc Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 12
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References 48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aece6685fc80a8de492688ca2315fb86ec379c7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2035acfb17221729b1b8ac335e941868a04ca079 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da1fdf4efbc490041eb4f836bf596201203f8f2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7713bd320ed4fc3d08a227cd8e41242219a16981 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f89c1d83e80417629791fcef6af8140d7d01c8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9544559e59438a4b609b2fdfa0763d8360572824 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3bbda6502a9398b816fa2e71c9a3f955f58013d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf20038657d6d4974349556a34e08fe0490bebbc Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/01/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23258
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23259
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23329
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23395
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24381
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25908
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26570
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27708
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27719
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27735
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28962
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33219
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33220
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33221
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33222
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33223
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33224
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33225
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34048
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34764
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34815
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36620
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40021
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41236
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47727
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46243
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481486
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html
- https://github.com/manizada/CIFSwitch Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46243.json