Linux Kernel ksmbd ACL Inheritance Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Kernel. Authentication may or may not be required to exploit this vulnerability, depending upon configuration. Furthermore, only systems with ksmbd enabled are vulnerable. The specific flaw...

samba: SMB clients can truncate files with read-only permissions

A vulnerability was discovered in Samba, where the flaw allows SMB clients to truncate files, even with read-only permissions when the Samba VFS module "aclxattr" is configured with "aclxattr:ignore system acls = yes". The SMB protocol allows opening files when the client requests read-only acces...