fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72379
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xpvr-4r6x-x86m
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@74365c6e367725728d5ce36d38ca116c9f77a254 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74365c6e367725728d5ce36d38ca116c9f77a254
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac8fb0d60254846f3b56957435dcd870ae12948
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/503d0568a525b168d9aa5ca046ec72fc5477df84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2038514e69371eb493083a6a897ed20fcbb8acb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e434da476b5a8bcd1e6e52ab03c5ee7764ee78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539dce1144651f7976fa418e618b0b574bf15eeb
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72379 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72379 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xpvr-4r6x-x86m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72379 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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