CVE-2026-52944

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

08 Jul 2026, 19:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8 - Patch

24 Jun 2026, 10:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-24 10:17

Updated : 2026-07-08 19:03


NVD link : CVE-2026-52944

Mitre link : CVE-2026-52944

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-52944


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel