CVE-2026-46054: high-severity vulnerability in Linux
selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.1epss 0.1%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25191https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27811https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27812https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30848https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51746https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52649https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52667https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52764https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59091https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59473https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67721https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67723