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CVE-2026-98114

5.5 medium Analyzed

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: propagate DACL parsing errors parse_dacl() silently accepts truncated ACEs and allocation failures, allowing set_info_sec() to continue with an incomplete ACL conversion. Return parsing and allocation errors to parse_sec_desc() so malformed security descriptors are rejected before inode attributes or ACL xattrs are updated.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 9

  1. CwesCWE-252NVD modified 2026-10-28 16:13
  2. Cpes+2 CPE criteria (now 2)NVD modified 2026-10-28 16:13
  3. StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-28 16:13
  4. CVSS5.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-28 16:13
  5. StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:54
  6. References+1 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
  7. StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
  8. StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 09:14
  9. First seenunscoredNVD modified 2026-10-19 10:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 2

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 5