Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98113
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152336
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98113
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to flood the kernel log.
The vulnerability exists due to missing rate limiting in the ksmbd DACL SID mapping error logging path when processing a DACL containing unmapped SIDs. A remote user can submit a DACL with many structurally valid but unmapped SIDs to flood the kernel log.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98113
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3