CVE-2026-64139

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix SID memory leak in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() on overflow

Commit 299f962c0b02 ("ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16

DACL size overflow") added check_add_overflow() guards that break out

of the ACE-building loops in set_posix_acl_entries_dacl() when the

accumulated DACL size would wrap past 65535.

However, each iteration allocates a struct smb_sid via kmalloc_obj()

at the top of the loop and relies on the kfree(sid) call at the end

of the loop body (the 'pass_same_sid' label in the first loop, and

the explicit kfree at the tail of the second loop) to release it.

The newly introduced 'break' statements bypass those kfree() calls,

leaking the sid buffer every time an overflow is detected.

A malicious or malformed file with enough POSIX ACL entries to trip

the overflow check will leak one or more struct smb_sid allocations

on every request that touches the file's DACL, providing a trivial

kernel

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References