Release cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:32990
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems, release, security
Research direction
Begin by inspecting the repository’s existing update workflow for cifs-utils, using version 7.6-1.el10_2 and CVE-2026-12505 as the checklist. Done means the security update is represented for every affected package variant and architecture listed in the issue, with the advisory reference preserved.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
cifs-utils security update
Severity: Important
Description
The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. The cifs-utils packages contain tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system.
Security Fix(es):
- cifs-utils: local privilege escalation via forged cifs.spnego key description in cifs.upcall (CVE-2026-12505)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected packages:
cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64
pam_cifscreds-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64
cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2.s390x
pam_cifscreds-7.6-1.el10_2.s390x
cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2.ppc64le
pam_cifscreds-7.6-1.el10_2.ppc64le
cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2.aarch64
pam_cifscreds-7.6-1.el10_2.aarch64
cifs-utils-devel-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64
cifs-utils-devel-7.6-1.el10_2.ppc64le
cifs-utils-devel-7.6-1.el10_2.aarch64
cifs-utils-devel-7.6-1.el10_2.s390x
cifs-utils-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64_v2
pam_cifscreds-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64_v2
cifs-utils-devel-7.6-1.el10_2.x86_64_v2
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- Stars
- 2
- Forks
- 0
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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