SUSE-SU-2026:2699-1 Security update for cifs-utils

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-12505: cifs.upcall local privilege escalation via requestkey-controlled namespace switch and NSS loading bsc1267389...

RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch-5_14_0-687_10_1 (RHSA-2026:33224)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:33224 advisory. This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel. This patc...

RHEL 10 : cifs-utils (RHSA-2026:32990)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:32990 advisory. The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: cifs-utils security update

An update for cifs-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

kernel: Linux kernel: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's CIFS client implementation. This could allow a local attacker to impersonate other users, bypass authentication in SMB mount operations, and potentially gain unauthorized access to network file shares or escalate privileges...

Cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall

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cifs-utils bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for cifs-utils. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions CVE-2026-46243 Affected Packages: kernel Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon...

Important: kernel6.18

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions CVE-2026-46243 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gro: don't merge zcopy skbs CVE-2026-46323 Affected Packages: kernel6....

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions CVE-2026-46243 Affected Packages: kernel Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon...

Important: kernel6.18

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: handle attrsetsize errors when truncating files CVE-2025-71289 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-12505

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fixed a small mempool leak in SMB2negotiate. In some cases of failures dialect mismatches in SMB2negotiate, after the request is sent, the checks would return -EIO. Instead, it should return rc = -EIO and then jump to negex...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...

CVE-2026-12505

A flaw was found in the cifs-utils package where the cifs.upcall helper fails to securely drop its root privileges before looking up user information inside a user-controlled environment. A local, low privileged attacker can exploit this by using a crafted requestkey payload to trick the root-own...