CVE-2025-21994

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix incorrect validation for num_aces field of smb_acl parse_dcal() validate num_aces to allocate posix_ace_state_array. if (num_aces > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct smb_ace *)) It is an incorrect validation that we can create an array of size ULONG_MAX. smb_acl has ->size field to calculate actual number of aces in request buffer size. Use this to check invalid num_aces.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6a6721802ac2f12f4c1bbe839a4c229b61866f2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f87370622a853b57e851f7d5a5452b72300f19

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3a3484d9d31b27a3db0fab91fcf191132d65236

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4cb17797a5d241f1e509cb5b46ed95a80c2f5fd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c4e202abff45f8eac17989e549fc7a75095f675

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8b67f3c5e5169535e26efedd3e422172e2db64

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-02

Updated: 2025-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High