CVE-2025-21994

Name	CVE-2025-21994
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix incorrect validation for num_aces field of smb_acl parse_dcal() validate num_aces to allocate posix_ace_state_array. if (num_aces > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct smb_ace *)) It is an incorrect validation that we can create an array of size ULONG_MAX. smb_acl has ->size field to calculate actual number of aces in request buffer size. Use this to check invalid num_aces.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5900-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.234-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.129-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.135-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.22-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.25-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.133-1	DSA-5900-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.21-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/1b8b67f3c5e5169535e26efedd3e422172e2db64 (6.14-rc6)