Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93812
Published: September 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152080
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93812
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper memory release in ksmbd_vfs_set_sd_xattr when encoding NT ACL data. A remote attacker can cause an encoding operation to return an error after memory allocation to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93812
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3