ovl: don't warn when the mount is completed from another user namespace

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-74619
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-22 16:16:34 UTC
Updated2026-08-22 16:16:34 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: don't warn when the mount is completed from another user namespace fsopen() records the caller's user namespace in fc->user_ns and hands back an ordinary file descriptor. Nothing ties the task that calls fsconfig(FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE) to the task that created the context. The fd is inherited across fork() and exec() and it can be passed over a unix socket. Completing a context from another user namespace is allowed on purpose. vfs_cmd_create() authorizes the create with mount_capable(), which for FS_USERNS_MOUNT checks ns_capable(fc->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN), and that succeeds for a task holding CAP_SYS_ADMIN in an ancestor of fc->user_ns. So an unprivileged task can reach the WARN_ON() in ovl_fill_super(): create a user and a mount namespace in a child, call fsopen("overlay") there, send the fscontext fd to the parent and let the parent issue FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE. Both namespaces come from a plain unshare(1) and no capability is needed anywhere: WARNING: fs/overlayfs/super.c:1551 at ovl_fill_super+0x7b9/0x1e20 [overlay] CPU: 3 UID: 1000 PID: 3243376 Comm: fswarn Call Trace: get_tree_nodev+0x71/0xa0 ovl_get_tree+0x15/0x20 [overlay] vfs_get_tree+0x2a/0x100 vfs_cmd_create+0x60/0xf0 __do_sys_fsconfig+0x4b2/0x500 The child needs the mount namespace because fsopen() itself gates on may_mount(), which asks for CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the user namespace owning the caller's mount namespace. fsconfig() doesn't repeat that check. It is a WARN_ON() and not a WARN_ON_ONCE(), so the condition can be raised in a loop to taint the kernel and flood the log, and it panics a kernel booted with panic_on_warn. Keep refusing the mount and stop warning about it. ovl_parse_param() already spells a user namespace check this way for Opt_override_creds.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001680000 probability, percentile 0.062060000 (date 2026-08-24)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 1784fbc2ed9c888ea4e895f30a53207ed7ee8208 513478092966dc9818d96dd2b3ed613fd2f6e30e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1784fbc2ed9c888ea4e895f30a53207ed7ee8208 494346f2aab2489d379d43ff614aea447cf4e94d git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1784fbc2ed9c888ea4e895f30a53207ed7ee8208 be161fa31e3e9cc828a3c1bd935edca461e8a7a1 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1784fbc2ed9c888ea4e895f30a53207ed7ee8208 42d99fcd8006007e2f708bede6789f37f3910b30 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 1784fbc2ed9c888ea4e895f30a53207ed7ee8208 63981fc786daaa626cb14d9be1406f674d79f98f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.5 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.5 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.152 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.104 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.45 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1.9 7.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/494346f2aab2489d379d43ff614aea447cf4e94d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/be161fa31e3e9cc828a3c1bd935edca461e8a7a1 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d99fcd8006007e2f708bede6789f37f3910b30 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/513478092966dc9818d96dd2b3ed613fd2f6e30e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/63981fc786daaa626cb14d9be1406f674d79f98f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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