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Unauthenticated Remote Null Pointer Dereference in Linux Linux Kernel Rates 9.8 CVSS

Last refreshed2026-10-15

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-46195

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-46195
CVSS Score / Version
9.8 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-15
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Prose
attack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected products
Linux Kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, and Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
Classified as
CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)
0.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (51% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux Kernel
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
SiemensSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
SubsystemsControllers & Field I/O, OT Supporting Infrastructure
SectorsAll Sectors

What to Know

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

smb: client: validate dacloffset before building DACL pointers

parse_sec_desc(), build_sec_desc(), and the chown path in

id_mode_to_cifs_acl() all add the server-supplied dacloffset to pntsd

before proving a DACL header fits inside the returned security

descriptor.

On 32-bit builds a malicious server can return dacloffset near

U32_MAX, wrap the derived DACL pointer below end_of_acl, and then slip

past the later pointer-based bounds checks. build_sec_desc() and

id_mode_to_cifs_acl() can then dereference DACL fields from the wrapped

pointer in the chmod/chown rewrite paths.

Validate dacloffset numerically before building any DACL pointer and

reuse the same helper at the three DACL entry points. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux, Red Hat, and Siemens's web pages for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46195
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46195
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