CVE-2026-72379
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid vfs_tmpfile() never checked that the caller's fsuid and fsgid map into the filesystem. On an idmapped mount whose idmapping does not cover the caller's fs{u,g}id, the ->tmpfile() instance initializes the new inode through inode_init_owner(), where mapped_fsuid()/mapped_fsgid() return INVALID_UID/INVALID_GID, and the tmpfile ends up owned by (uid_t)-1. Every other creation path already refuses this: may_o_create() (O_CREAT) and may_create_dentry() (mkdir, mknod, symlink, link) bail out with -EOVERFLOW via fsuidgid_has_mapping() precisely so that an object cannot be created with an owner the filesystem cannot represent. An O_TMPFILE is no exception: it is created I_LINKABLE and linkat(2) can splice it into the namespace afterwards, so the same guarantee must hold. Add the missing fsuidgid_has_mapping() check to vfs_tmpfile(). On a non-idmapped mount the caller's fs{u,g}id always map in the superblock's user namespace, so this is a no-op there and only takes effect on an idmapped mount that does not map the caller. It applies to every filesystem that sets FS_ALLOW_IDMAP and implements ->tmpfile() (tmpfs, ext4, btrfs, xfs, f2fs, ...), and to overlayfs, whose upper-layer tmpfile creation funnels through vfs_tmpfile() via backing_tmpfile_open().
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61 | affected | git | bac8fb0d60254846f3b56957435dcd870ae12948 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61 | affected | git | 503d0568a525b168d9aa5ca046ec72fc5477df84 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61 | affected | git | a2038514e69371eb493083a6a897ed20fcbb8acb | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61 | affected | git | 47e434da476b5a8bcd1e6e52ab03c5ee7764ee78 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61 | affected | git | 539dce1144651f7976fa418e618b0b574bf15eeb | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.13 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.13 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.145 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.97 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.40 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.5 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |