FKIE_CVE-2026-27456

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-03 22:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 22:10
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Prior to version 2.41.4, a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerability has been identified in the SUID binary /usr/bin/mount from util-linux. The mount binary, when setting up loop devices, validates the source file path with user privileges via fork() + setuid() + realpath(), but subsequently re-canonicalizes and opens it with root privileges (euid=0) without verifying that the path has not been replaced between both operations. Neither O_NOFOLLOW, nor inode comparison, nor post-open fstat() are employed. This allows a local unprivileged user to replace the source file with a symlink pointing to any root-owned file or device during the race window, causing the SUID binary to open and mount it as root. Exploitation requires an /etc/fstab entry with user,loop options whose path points to a directory where the attacker has write permission, and that /usr/bin/mount has the SUID bit set (the default configuration on virtually all Linux distributions). The impact is unauthorized read access to root-protected files and block devices, including backup images, disk volumes, and any file containing a valid filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 2.41.4.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/5e390467b26a3cf3fecc04e1a0d482dff3162fc4Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.41.4Product
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-qq4x-vfq4-9h9gExploit, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-qq4x-vfq4-9h9gExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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