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CVE-2026-72034 (GCVE-0-2026-72034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:51 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:39
VLAI
Title
fhandle: reject detached mounts in capable_wrt_mount()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fhandle: reject detached mounts in capable_wrt_mount() The recent fhandle RCU fix moved the mount namespace capability check into capable_wrt_mount(), so a non-NULL mnt_namespace survives the ns_capable() dereference. The helper still assumes the later READ_ONCE(mount->mnt_ns) must be non-NULL because may_decode_fh() checked is_mounted() first. That assumption is not stable. A detached mount from open_tree(..., OPEN_TREE_CLONE) can be dissolved on fput while open_by_handle_at() is between those checks, and umount_tree() can clear mount->mnt_ns. If the helper observes NULL, it dereferences mnt_ns->user_ns and panics. Return false when the RCU read observes a detached mount. This keeps the relaxed permission path conservative: a mount no longer attached to a namespace cannot authorize open_by_handle_at() access.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 , < 15104234c267ebe04b9f9a73e5c2179cc265ff60 (git)
Affected: 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 , < 6c52226072a3c61337b1eec1799bb987748884fa (git)
Affected: 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 , < 6ee183d89261bf1d1cf9f06d80a40dab8f36ee55 (git)
Affected: 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 , < 6c732471740bc2ac9b0946134f9f551dc75f4369 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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