landlock: Fix use-after-free of the source's parent directory (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: landlock: Fix use-after-free of the source's parent directory current_check_refer_path() reads old_dentry->d_parent without holding a reference nor a lock on it, and then dereferences it in collect_domain_accesses() and in the audit record. A reference on a child does not pin its parent: __d_move() reassigns dentry->d_parent and drops the reference the child held on its former parent. hook_path_rename() is not affected because the rename path calls lock_rename() before the hook, so the source cannot be reparented under it. hook_path_link() has no such protection: filename_linkat() holds a reference on the source dentry but neither locks nor references its parent, so a concurrent rename(2) can reparent the source while security_path_link() runs, and the former parent can then be removed and freed while the hook walks it. A process can trigger this after entering a Landlock domain that handles at least one filesystem access right. The process can then race a linkat(2) loop against rename(2) and rmdir(2): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888160bd53f4 by task llrepro2/549 collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290 current_check_refer_path+0x952/0x1120 security_path_link+0x1be/0x320 filename_linkat+0x342/0x6d0 __x64_sys_linkat+0xfa/0x150 Freed by task 562: kmem_cache_free+0x139/0x4c0 i_callback+0x4b/0x80 rcu_core+0x7dc/0x10a0 Take a reference on the dentry selected as the source parent, using dget() for the common-mount-root case and dget_parent() otherwise. Release it after the hierarchy walk and synchronous audit logging. [mic: Clarify the caller, reachability, and reference handling]
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0475440ff8c04be26a88733af0c85f597bb28c0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48fc1c74052c956c59d5b16b5e18e0dd36b76aa2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c37992b9668c4f37aae41dd95c369f7b6009915
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379efd2ce8b26fd35feb13ccc2f671ff105a5052
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba29c46ccfe3ebadfb8aa18149186c49f84b14f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-86902
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-97594
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1374 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < 0475440ff8c04be26a88733af0c85f597bb28c0a ; affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < 48fc1c74052c956c59d5b16b5e18e0dd36b76aa2 ; affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < 4c37992b9668c4f37aae41dd95c369f7b6009915 ; affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < 379efd2ce8b26fd35feb13ccc2f671ff105a5052 ; affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < ba29c46ccfe3ebadfb8aa18149186c49f84b14f8 ; affected b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 < 2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.112 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.53 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |