CVE-2026-68431

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate minimum PDU size for transform r...

CVE-2026-68431 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68431, released August 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.1
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0037
30th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: validate minimum PDU size for transform requests The receive path applies the minimum SMB2 PDU size check only when ProtocolId is SMB2_PROTO_NUMBER. A packet carrying SMB2_TRANSFORM_PROTO_NUM bypasses the check even when the negotiated dialect does not provide transform handling. On an SMB 2.1 connection, a short transform packet therefore reaches init_smb2_rsp_hdr(), which interprets the request as a full SMB2 header and reads beyond the request allocation. The copied fields can then be returned to the unauthenticated client. Compression transforms are converted to ordinary SMB2 messages before protocol validation. After that conversion, validate ordinary SMB2 requests against SMB2_MIN_SUPPORTED_PDU_SIZE and require encryption transform requests to contain both a transform header and an SMB2 header. This rejects truncated requests before work allocation.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.187-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68431 Aug 13, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.105-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68431 Aug 13, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68431 Aug 13, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68431 Aug 13, 2026

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