CVE-2026-43350: Linux kernel · Out-of-bounds Read
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.6 High · fixed in f8488c07bea2431ee12a6067d736578064fa46b4 : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:07 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Limited control over the software or limited information exposure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in f8488c07bea2431ee12a6067d736578064fa46b4, c8eef12af1cc73031639ea7cf16e0b10e2536b0b, b53b8e98c23310294fc45fc686db5ee860311896 +5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before reading mode bits parse_dacl() treats an ACE SID matching sid_unix_NFS_mode as an NFS mode SID and reads sid.sub_auth[2] to recover the mode bits. That assumes the ACE carries three subauthorities, but compare_sids() only compares min(a, b) subauthorities. A malicious server can return an ACE with num_subauth = 2 and sub_auth[] = {88, 3}, which still matches sid_unix_NFS_mode and then drives the sub_auth[2] read four bytes past the end of the ACE. Require num_subauth >= 3 before treating the ACE as an NFS mode SID. This keeps the fix local to the special-SID mode path without changing compare_sids() semantics for the rest of cifsacl.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b54d6cc3ef30a51d984dc74364f24039ae2ecb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1592a6cd6f653f2d24572a6976c7a775b19f4940 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bd4cad3f458d11650d51c2d24b03fb1770ae6cc (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b53b8e98c23310294fc45fc686db5ee860311896 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8eef12af1cc73031639ea7cf16e0b10e2536b0b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a69f08ee82c450d3e4168707fff2e317dc3ff7 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8488c07bea2431ee12a6067d736578064fa46b4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2757ad3e4b6f9e0fed4c7739594e702abc5cab21 (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html (opens in a new tab)