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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98214" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-06T08:44:50.209Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:15:45.082Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98214" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98214.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98214" title: "selinux: recheck intermediate backing files on mprotect()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nselinux: recheck intermediate backing files on mprotect()\n\nmprotect() can be used to bypass the SELinux checks that mmap() performs\nagainst the intermediate layers of a stacked filesystem.\n\nmmap() checks every backing layer as the request descends through the\nstack. mprotect() only has the lowest backing file in vma-\u003evm_file, so it\nrechecks the top-level user and the lowest mounter, but skips the mounters\nof every layer in between. With two nested overlayfs mounts and a policy\ndenying mounter_t -\u003e middle_file_t:file { execute }, a direct\nmmap(PROT_EXEC) is denied:\n\n avc: denied { execute } for pid=71 comm=\"nested_exec\"\n path=\"/payload\" dev=\"overlay\" ino=9\n scontext=user_u:base_r:mounter_t\n tcontext=user_u:object_r:middle_file_t tclass=file permissive=0\n\nwhile mmap(PROT_NONE) followed by mprotect(PROT_EXEC) succeeds.\n\nPreserve each intermediate path, mounter SID and file-description SID in\nthe backing-file security blob, copying the saved entries when another\nbacking layer is opened. Allocate the array only for nested backing files,\nand release it and the path references in the backing_file_free hook.\n\nDuring mprotect(), recheck fd { use } and the requested inode permissions\nfor every saved mounter, and include the intermediate layers in the execmod\nchecks. Policy for nested stacking may then need to grant intermediate\nmounters what a direct mmap() already requires, and execmod on intermediate\nlabels for binaries using text relocations.\n\nTested on arm64 QEMU with a small BusyBox initramfs and a purpose-built\nSELinux policy, on a mainline tree containing\ncommit f2381b546e7e (\"fs: fix user path of nested backing files\").\n\n[PM: subject tweak]" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"bc6c380c1159de52a252ed11f19a42c47f60a735","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4d50ebe5a27724e020747ffd61a051dec67cb8ec"},{"version":"8bacd09f12c27710228562e4d13163e58c5f4a45","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"89376fbfdcc1a728e1775f98752cdd90b0930a00"},{"version":"d844702198395d3f80222777030f69db6be6b709","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d127c7e1f3e1231d8ac8b2738e3f00bea12afe74"},{"version":"82544d36b1729153c8aeb179e84750f0c085d3b1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c2bbb905af2293549651b614a52ad91e0b462b60"},{"version":"82544d36b1729153c8aeb179e84750f0c085d3b1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"78fc54b934bfb2c18aad8154c7302067146946f9"},{"version":"cd0e707a927a70cdfd8bc5a512a9719a87f5ed51","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.6.144","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.158"},{"version":"6.12.95","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.112"},{"version":"6.18.38","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.18.54"},{"version":"7.0.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.1"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.1"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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