7.8

CVE-2026-53341

fhandle: fix UAF due to unlocked ->mnt_ns read in may_decode_fh()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fhandle: fix UAF due to unlocked ->mnt_ns read in may_decode_fh()

may_decode_fh() accesses mount::mnt_ns without holding any locks; that
means the mount can concurrently be unmounted, and the mnt_namespace can
concurrently be freed after an RCU grace period.

This race can happens as follows, assuming that the mount point was
created by open_tree(..., OPEN_TREE_CLONE):

thread 1            thread 2            RCU
                    __do_sys_open_by_handle_at
                      do_handle_open
                        handle_to_path
                          may_decode_fh
                            is_mounted
                              [mount::mnt_ns access]
                            [mount::mnt_ns access]
__do_sys_close
  fput_close_sync
    __fput
      dissolve_on_fput
        umount_tree
        class_namespace_excl_destructor
          namespace_unlock
            free_mnt_ns
              mnt_ns_tree_remove
                call_rcu(mnt_ns_release_rcu)
                                        mnt_ns_release_rcu
                                          mnt_ns_release
                                            kfree
                            [mnt_namespace::user_ns access] **UAF**

Fix it by taking rcu_read_lock() around the mount::mnt_ns access, like
in __prepend_path().
Additionally, document the semantics of mount::mnt_ns, and use WRITE_ONCE()
for writers that can race with lockless readers.

This bug is unreachable unless one of the following is set:

 - CONFIG_PREEMPTION
 - CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD

because it requires an RCU grace period to happen during a syscall without
an explicit preemption.

This doesn't seem to have interesting security impact; worst-case, it could
leak the result of an integer comparison to userspace (from the level
check in cap_capable()), cause an endless loop, or crash the kernel by
dereferencing an invalid address.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.11 < 6.12.95
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.36
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.13
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.027
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32138633e51e6db59e474765cf93268c92b42888
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ed2c29fcfdac78db96c9da4e659c8a513f2a94
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40ab6644b99685755f740b872c00ef40d9aa870e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ea8dc42a02259d49dee38a658d40f60fcd75ed
Patch