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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2026-46054

selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks The existing SELinux security model for overlayfs is to allow access if the current task is able to access the top level file (the "user" file) and the mounter's credentials are sufficient to access the lower level file (the "backing" file). Unfortunately, the current code does not properly enforce these access controls for both mmap() and mprotect() operations on overlayfs filesystems. This patch makes use of the newly created security_mmap_backing_file() LSM hook to provide the missing backing file enforcement for mmap() operations, and leverages the backing file API and new LSM blob to provide the necessary information to properly enforce the mprotect() access controls.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473 to < bc6c380c1159de52a252ed11f19a42c47f60a735affected
  • 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473 to < 8bacd09f12c27710228562e4d13163e58c5f4a45affected
  • 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473 to < d844702198395d3f80222777030f69db6be6b709affected
  • 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473 to < cd0e707a927a70cdfd8bc5a512a9719a87f5ed51affected
  • 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473 to < 82544d36b1729153c8aeb179e84750f0c085d3b1affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.19affected
  • 0 to < 4.19unaffected
  • 6.6.144 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.95 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.38 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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