ksmbd: fix FSCTL permission bypass by adding a permission check for FSCTL_SET_SPARSE

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-52944
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-06-24 10:17:19 UTC
Updated2026-07-08 19:03:29 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.001210000 probability, percentile 0.022920000 (date 2026-07-09)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 de9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 aef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 cc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.15 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.143 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.35 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0.12 7.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9eb0b44fa9123170e6245b49638e0e453c10f8 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc57232cae23c0df91b4a59d0f519141ce9b5b02 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef151bcfa494bfe983669de2726734b534adb73 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/3127a884525dc8ca4def73254bfcd3ccef0bf812 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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