CVE-2026-97561

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97561
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97561.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-97561
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-09-25T10:21:50Z
Modified
2026-10-09T17:27:03Z
Summary
smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid

When the administrator mounts with forceuid or forcegid (uid=/gid= mount options), they expect all files to appear owned by the specified user/group. However, several code paths unconditionally called sid_to_id() to overwrite cf_uid/cf_gid with server-provided values, ignoring the administrator's explicit override:

  • smb311_posix_info_to_fattr() (stat via POSIX extensions)
  • cifs_posix_to_fattr() (readdir via POSIX extensions)
  • parse_sec_desc() (CIFS ACL ownership mapping)

This allowed an untrusted server to dictate local file ownership even when the mount was configured to force specific uid/gid values.

Fix all three call sites to check CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID and CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID before calling sid_to_id(), following the same pattern already used by cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr() for unix extensions.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97561.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9409ae58e0759d010b347e7b19ebc90ab5d4b98f
Fixed
e1b74f8f8c1d13190b09fe623b729d36b7ac22a8
Fixed
18a72975e9f35aadecc75b031f693f2d1f49308f

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97561.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.0.0
Fixed
7.2.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97561.json"