CVE-2026-53174

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: keep err zero after successful ovlcacheget ovliteratemerged stores PTRERRcache in err before checking ISERRcache. On success err holds the truncated cache pointer and can be returned as a bogus non-zero error. The syzbot...

RLSA-2026:27812 Important: kernel-rt security update

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fixes: kernel: selinux: fix overlayfs mmap and mprotect access checks CVE-2026-46054 For more details about the security issues, including the...

kernel security update

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

PT-2026-52270

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the ovl iterate merged function where the err variable is assigned the value of PTR ERRcache before verifying if cache is an error using IS ERRcache. When the operatio...

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

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux security module when handling overlayfs. The existing security model for overlayfs does not properly enforce access controls for mmap and mprotect operations. This oversight could allow a local attacker to bypass intended security policies, potential...

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

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux security module when handling overlayfs. The existing security model for overlayfs does not properly enforce access controls for mmap and mprotect operations. This oversight could allow a local attacker to bypass intended security policies, potential...

SUSE CVE-2026-46054

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 ar...

CVE-2026-46054

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 ar...

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

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 ar...

CVE-2026-46054

CVE-2026-46054 affects the Linux kernel SELinux overlayfs access checks for mmap() and mprotect(). The issue arises from insufficient enforcement of backing-file access between the user file and backing file, potentially bypassing policies. A patch introduces security_mmap_backing_file() to enfor...

EUVD-2026-32436

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 ar...

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

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 ar...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-46054

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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 acces...

PT-2026-43921

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The SELinux security model for overlayfs allows access if the current task can access the top-level user file and the mounter's credentials are sufficient for the lower-level backing fil...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference issue in the copy-up warning message. This patch addresses a NULL pointer dereference that caused a recently introduced warning message to fail...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: The fs subsystem requires passing the ATGETATTRNOSEC flag to the getattr interface function. When the vfsgetattrnosec function calls the getattr interface of a file system, the nosec flag should be propagated into this function, ...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux, Linux 5.10

A race condition accessing file objects in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was identified. This occurs when users renames files using OverlayFS in a specific manner. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause the system to crash...

SUSE CVE-2026-43117

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from dentry in event btrfssyncfile If overlay is used on top of btrfs, dentry-dsb translates to overlay's super block and fsid assignment will lead to a crash. Use fileinodefile-isb to...

CLSA-2026-1775657177 kernel: Fix of 9 CVEs

ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function CVE-2024-56570 - ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger CVE-2026-23191 - media: imon: reorganize serialization CVE-2025-39993 - usb: xhci: Fix inverted ringxrunevent check in handletxevent CVE-2025-37882 - Revert "VFS: Impose ordering...

The vulnerability of the ovl_permission() function in the fs/overlayfs/inode.c file of the Overlayfs file system in the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the ovlpermission function in the fs/overlayfs/inode.c file of the Overlayfs file system in the Linux operating system is related to the dereferencing of the NULL pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and...