VDB
GHSA-h5q3-ggp6-vf4c
GHSA-h5q3-ggp6-vf4c
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change attribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file attribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- Mar 17, 2026 CVE Published
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 20, 2026 CVE Updated
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71239 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57489a89657cc94bf6ad8427d1902daba9156aa1 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f714315d7d68898d03093f67285256a8770f903c url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623 url
- https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ee75b13ea5f05ff9adc784b2464825bd70eb119 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f url