CVE-2026-53612 (GCVE-0-2026-53612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 14:47 – Updated: 2026-10-14 18:26
VLAI
Title
util-linux mount hook_owner TOCTOU allows local privilege escalation
Summary
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. In util-linux 2.39 through 2.41.4 and 2.42 through 2.42.1, the SUID `mount` utility's `hook_owner.c` post-mount hook performs path-based `chmod()` and `lchown()` operations on a previously validated mount target. A local low-privileged user authorized by an `/etc/fstab` entry with `user` or `users` and an `X-mount.mode`, `X-mount.owner`, or `X-mount.group` option can use `renameat2(RENAME_EXCHANGE)` to race a writable ancestor of the target and redirect the privileged ownership or mode change to a root-owned path, potentially gaining root privileges. This issue is fixed in 2.41.5 and 2.42.2.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 18:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7712 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
util-linux util-linux Affected: >= 2.39, < 2.41.5
Affected: >= 2.42, < 2.42.2
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