CVE-2026-98988

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When creating a new mount namespace using the opentree system call, child and covered mounts are not properly preserved during namespace copying. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reveal and access sensitive filesystem paths intentionally...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98988

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPENTREENAMESPACE opentreeOPENTREENAMESPACE creates a new mount namespace from a copy of the tree at the given path...

SUSE CVE-2026-98988

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPENTREENAMESPACE opentreeOPENTREENAMESPACE creates a new mount namespace from a copy of the tree at the given path. The caller needs to be privileged over its current user namespace...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98988

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPENTREENAMESPACE opentreeOPENTREENAMESPACE creates a new mount namespace from a copy of the tree at the given path. The caller needs to be privileged over its current user namespace...

EUVD-2026-108782

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPENTREENAMESPACE opentreeOPENTREENAMESPACE creates a new mount namespace from a copy of the tree at the given path. The caller needs to be privileged over its current user namespace...

SUSE CVE-2026-78409

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

util-linux: util-linux: X-mount.subdir detached-tree resolution can escape via intermediate symlinks

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-78409

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

CVE-2026-78409

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-78409

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

CVE-2026-78409

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

CVE-2026-78409 Util-linux: util-linux: x-mount.subdir detached-tree resolution can escape via intermediate symlinks

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...

CVE-2026-78409: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to opentree with ATSYMLINKNOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with...