CVE-2026-52944
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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812, e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < de9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8, e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < aef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73, e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < cc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02 |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.15, 0 < 5.15, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.18.35 ≤ 6.18.* … |
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