CVE-2026-43403 PUBLISHED

nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls

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 ns iteration ioctls

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 a1d220d9dafa8d76ba60a784a1016c3134e6a1e8 to 3376b345df155ca36d8611857b41ff7d5183fc38 (excl.)
  • affected from a1d220d9dafa8d76ba60a784a1016c3134e6a1e8 to 2f3dea284c761c890d676f77d5e55c0c496b4ef4 (excl.)
  • affected from a1d220d9dafa8d76ba60a784a1016c3134e6a1e8 to 0ad650e60150eda789deca5e78a6a09d26bf8fc9 (excl.)
  • affected from a1d220d9dafa8d76ba60a784a1016c3134e6a1e8 to e6b899f08066e744f89df16ceb782e06868bd148 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.20 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.9 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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