CVE-2026-46243

smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

Published Jun 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions

cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as
pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as
kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of
this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to
be supplied without CIFS origin.

Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private
spnego_cred to request the key.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8488-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8489-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8491-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8493-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8488-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8493-2 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8497-1 Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8498-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8499-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8501-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8507-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8508-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8490-2 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-4 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8492-5 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8527-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8528-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8545-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8546-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8547-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8569-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8603-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8604-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8605-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8606-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8607-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8609-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8547-2 Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8615-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8616-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8617-1 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8619-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8615-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8635-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8728-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8728-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8728-3 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/01/6 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23258 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23259 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23329 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23395 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24381 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25908 cve-icon
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26515 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26535 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26563 cve-icon
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27708 cve-icon
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27729 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27735 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28887 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28962 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33219 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33220 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33221 cve-icon
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36620 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40021 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41236 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47727 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46243 cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481486 cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3da1fdf4efbc490041eb4f836bf596201203f8f2 cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aece6685fc80a8de492688ca2315fb86ec379c7 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7713bd320ed4fc3d08a227cd8e41242219a16981 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9544559e59438a4b609b2fdfa0763d8360572824 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3bbda6502a9398b816fa2e71c9a3f955f58013d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf20038657d6d4974349556a34e08fe0490bebbc cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/manizada/CIFSwitch cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026060140-CVE-2026-46243-3d1c@gregkh/ cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46243 cve-icon
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46243.json cve-icon
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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux kernel
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-285
Vendors & Products Linux kernel
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to be supplied without CIFS origin. Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private spnego_cred to request the key.
Title smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 1:21 AM
Reserved
May 13, 2026, 3:03 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 1, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 2:19 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 26, 2026, 12:00 AM