CVE 7.1 HIGH

selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks_CVE-2026-46054

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks

The existing SELinux security model for overlayfs is to allow access if
the current task is able to access the top level file (the "user" file)
and the mounter's credentials are sufficient to access the lower
level file (the "backing" file). Unfortunately, the current code does
not properly enforce these access controls for both mmap() and mprotect()
operations on overlayfs filesystems.

This patch makes use of the newly created security_mmap_backing_file()
LSM hook to provide the missing backing file enforcement for mmap()
operations, and leverages the backing file API and new LSM blob to
provide the necessary information to properly enforce the mprotect()
access controls.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46054
Source Linux
Published May 27, 2026 at 12:57
Modified May 30, 2026 at 10:47

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473
Affected Versions Linux Linux 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473
Linux Linux 2f502839e85ab265f03f25f30d6463154aee5473
Linux Linux 4.19

References

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