CVE-2026-77159

A symlink-following flaw was found in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost function. The function uses a path-based chown on the swtpm logfile without checking for symbolic links. A local attacker with access to the swtpm account can replace the logfile with a symlink, causing libvirtd running as...

CVE-2026-77159 Libvirt: unsafe chown in qemutpmemulatorpreparehost() allows arbitrary file ownership change via symlink

A symlink-following flaw was found in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost function. The function uses a path-based chown on the swtpm logfile without checking for symbolic links. A local attacker with access to the swtpm account can replace the logfile with a symlink, causing libvirtd running as...