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CVE-2026-78409
high
Description
The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to open_tree() with AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with an fstab-authorized X-mount.subdir entry can attach a host path at the intended mountpoint.
References
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-8f2p-47x3-43mv
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522607