CVE-2026-72379

fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid

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Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: refuse O_TMPFILE creation with an unmapped fsuid or fsgid vfs_tmpfile() never checked that the caller's fsuid and fsgid map into the filesystem. On an idmapped mount whose idmapping does not cover the caller's fs{u,g}id, the ->tmpfile() instance initializes the new inode through inode_init_owner(), where mapped_fsuid()/mapped_fsgid() return INVALID_UID/INVALID_GID, and the tmpfile ends up owned by (uid_t)-1. Every other creation path already refuses this: may_o_create() (O_CREAT) and may_create_dentry() (mkdir, mknod, symlink, link) bail out with -EOVERFLOW via fsuidgid_has_mapping() precisely so that an object cannot be created with an owner the filesystem cannot represent. An O_TMPFILE is no exception: it is created I_LINKABLE and linkat(2) can splice it into the namespace afterwards, so the same guarantee must hold. Add the missing fsuidgid_has_mapping() check to vfs_tmpfile(). On a non-idmapped mount the caller's fs{u,g}id always map in the superblock's user namespace, so this is a no-op there and only takes effect on an idmapped mount that does not map the caller. It applies to every filesystem that sets FS_ALLOW_IDMAP and implements ->tmpfile() (tmpfs, ext4, btrfs, xfs, f2fs, ...), and to overlayfs, whose upper-layer tmpfile creation funnels through vfs_tmpfile() via backing_tmpfile_open().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.13 ≤ v < 6.12.975.13 ≤ v < 6.18.405.13 ≤ v < 6.6.1455.13 ≤ v < 7.1.55.13 ≤ v < 7.25.138e5389132ab429604c1a2459b52f0c849a71cc61
Vendor states this is fixed in 47e434da476b5a8bcd1e6e52ab03c5ee7764ee78 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 503d0568a525b168d9aa5ca046ec72fc5477df84 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 539dce1144651f7976fa418e618b0b574bf15eeb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a2038514e69371eb493083a6a897ed20fcbb8acb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bac8fb0d60254846f3b56957435dcd870ae12948 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

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