CVE-2026-43391 PUBLISHED

nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening

Even privileged services should not necessarily be able to see other privileged service's namespaces so they can't leak information to each other. Use may_see_all_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy until the nstree adapts.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75 to 1797ee11451f1b2be69863a9f5bd43b948813fdf (excl.)
  • affected from 5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75 to d2324a9317f00013facb0ba00b00440e19d2af5e (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.9 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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