Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46195
Published: May 29, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132991
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46195
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow in parse_sec_desc(), build_sec_desc(), and id_mode_to_cifs_acl() when processing a server-supplied security descriptor with a crafted dacloffset value. A remote attacker can return a malicious security descriptor to trigger pointer wraparound and cause a denial of service.
The issue affects 32-bit builds and can be reached through the chmod/chown rewrite paths.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46195
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1ddba19e77ee35241cd27f16dc3e8d14e08db7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bd07e417b6bda67e317920584e48cb6ee442a8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba7f71b6161c0943dafc367565e5843d16b7d505
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c688f3ed73d31943334ad2139cb02ec49664322a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f98b48151cc502ada59d9778f0112d21f2586ca3