CVE-2026-27456

Public on 2026-04-03
Modified on 2026-04-03
Description
When set:
- loopcxt_set_backing_file() uses strdup() instead of
ul_canonicalize_path() (which calls realpath() and follows symlinks)
- loopcxt_setup_device() adds O_NOFOLLOW to open() flags

The flag is set for non-root (restricted) mount operations in
libmount's loop device hook. This prevents a TOCTOU race condition
where an attacker could replace the backing file (specified in
/etc/fstab) with a symlink to an arbitrary root-owned file between
path resolution and open().
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.7
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core util-linux Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 util-linux Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N