# CVE-2026-97561: smb: client: honor forceuid/forcegid when mapping SIDs to uid/gid

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.0.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a3b4704af2208e381c55037ff2d1e2365b83e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be6eccccec867c22d7c65fab4ea4e91ec3d5b8c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc35de451c128d399ad185d6269f8847e97cd1c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7a29691558bed18e2df1780636b8aa0fd13d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b74f8f8c1d13190b09fe623b729d36b7ac22a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18a72975e9f35aadecc75b031f693f2d1f49308f

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