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Unscored USN-8496-2 0 CVEs

cifs-utils regression

Published Jul 3, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026

Summary

USN-8496-1 fixed a vulnerability in cifs-utils. Unfortunately, the fix
introduced a regression with Kerberos mounts. This update reverts the
security update until a complete fix is available.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly dropped root privileges
before looking up user information. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS cifs-utils 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS cifs-utils 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu · 25.10 cifs-utils 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.25.10.2
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS cifs-utils 2:7.4-1ubuntu0.26.04.2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2159053