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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-72034

fhandle: reject detached mounts in capable_wrt_mount()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fhandle: reject detached mounts in capable_wrt_mount() The recent fhandle RCU fix moved the mount namespace capability check into capable_wrt_mount(), so a non-NULL mnt_namespace survives the ns_capable() dereference. The helper still assumes the later READ_ONCE(mount->mnt_ns) must be non-NULL because may_decode_fh() checked is_mounted() first. That assumption is not stable. A detached mount from open_tree(..., OPEN_TREE_CLONE) can be dissolved on fput while open_by_handle_at() is between those checks, and umount_tree() can clear mount->mnt_ns. If the helper observes NULL, it dereferences mnt_ns->user_ns and panics. Return false when the RCU read observes a detached mount. This keeps the relaxed permission path conservative: a mount no longer attached to a namespace cannot authorize open_by_handle_at() access.

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

  • 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 to < 15104234c267ebe04b9f9a73e5c2179cc265ff60affected
  • 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 to < 6c52226072a3c61337b1eec1799bb987748884faaffected
  • 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 to < 6ee183d89261bf1d1cf9f06d80a40dab8f36ee55affected
  • 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 to < 6c732471740bc2ac9b0946134f9f551dc75f4369affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.11affected
  • 0 to < 6.11unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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