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FKIE_CVE-2026-97594

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-25 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-25 15:18

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379efd2ce8b26fd35feb13ccc2f671ff105a5052
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba29c46ccfe3ebadfb8aa18149186c49f84b14f8

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlandlock: Fix use-after-free of the source\u0027s parent directory\n\ncurrent_check_refer_path() reads old_dentry-\u003ed_parent without holding a\nreference nor a lock on it, and then dereferences it in\ncollect_domain_accesses() and in the audit record.\n\nA reference on a child does not pin its parent: __d_move() reassigns\ndentry-\u003ed_parent and drops the reference the child held on its former\nparent.  hook_path_rename() is not affected because the rename path\ncalls lock_rename() before the hook, so the source cannot be reparented\nunder it.  hook_path_link() has no such protection: filename_linkat()\nholds a reference on the source dentry but neither locks nor references\nits parent, so a concurrent rename(2) can reparent the source while\nsecurity_path_link() runs, and the former parent can then be removed and\nfreed while the hook walks it.\n\nA process can trigger this after entering a Landlock domain that handles\nat least one filesystem access right.  The process can then race a\nlinkat(2) loop against rename(2) and rmdir(2):\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290\n  Read of size 4 at addr ffff888160bd53f4 by task llrepro2/549\n   collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290\n   current_check_refer_path+0x952/0x1120\n   security_path_link+0x1be/0x320\n   filename_linkat+0x342/0x6d0\n   __x64_sys_linkat+0xfa/0x150\n  Freed by task 562:\n   kmem_cache_free+0x139/0x4c0\n   i_callback+0x4b/0x80\n   rcu_core+0x7dc/0x10a0\n\nTake a reference on the dentry selected as the source parent, using\ndget() for the common-mount-root case and dget_parent() otherwise.\nRelease it after the hierarchy walk and synchronous audit logging.\n\n[mic: Clarify the caller, reachability, and reference handling]"
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CVE-2026-97594 (GCVE-0-2026-97594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:22 – Updated: 2026-09-25 14:41

Title

landlock: Fix use-after-free of the source's parent directory

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379efd2ce8b26fd35…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba29c46ccfe3ebadf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6dc792538260a80…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 , < 379efd2ce8b26fd35feb13ccc2f671ff105a5052 (git) Affected: b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 , < ba29c46ccfe3ebadfb8aa18149186c49f84b14f8 (git) Affected: b91c3e4ea756b12b7d992529226edce1cfd854d7 , < 2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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