CVE-2026-72379

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On an idmapped mount whose idmapping does not cover the\ncaller's fs{u,g}id, the ->tmpfile() instance initializes the new inode\nthrough inode_init_owner(), where mapped_fsuid()/mapped_fsgid() return\nINVALID_UID/INVALID_GID, and the tmpfile ends up owned by (uid_t)-1.\n\nEvery other creation path already refuses this: may_o_create() (O_CREAT)\nand may_create_dentry() (mkdir, mknod, symlink, link) bail out with\n-EOVERFLOW via fsuidgid_has_mapping() precisely so that an object cannot\nbe created with an owner the filesystem cannot represent. An O_TMPFILE\nis no exception: it is created I_LINKABLE and linkat(2) can splice it\ninto the namespace afterwards, so the same guarantee must hold.\n\nAdd the missing fsuidgid_has_mapping() check to vfs_tmpfile(). On a\nnon-idmapped mount the caller's fs{u,g}id always map in the superblock's\nuser namespace, so this is a no-op there and only takes effect on an\nidmapped mount that does not map the caller. It applies to every\nfilesystem that sets FS_ALLOW_IDMAP and implements ->tmpfile() (tmpfs,\next4, btrfs, xfs, f2fs, ...), and to overlayfs, whose upper-layer\ntmpfile creation funnels through vfs_tmpfile() via backing_tmpfile_open()."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/namei.c"], "versions": [{"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "74365c6e367725728d5ce36d38ca116c9f77a254", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "bac8fb0d60254846f3b56957435dcd870ae12948", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "503d0568a525b168d9aa5ca046ec72fc5477df84", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "a2038514e69371eb493083a6a897ed20fcbb8acb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "47e434da476b5a8bcd1e6e52ab03c5ee7764ee78", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "8e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61", "lessThan": "539dce1144651f7976fa418e618b0b574bf15eeb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/namei.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.13", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.191", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.145", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.97", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74365c6e367725728d5ce36d38ca116c9f77a254"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac8fb0d60254846f3b56957435dcd870ae12948"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/503d0568a525b168d9aa5ca046ec72fc5477df84"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2038514e69371eb493083a6a897ed20fcbb8acb"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e434da476b5a8bcd1e6e52ab03c5ee7764ee78"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539dce1144651f7976fa418e618b0b574bf15eeb"}], "title": "fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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