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Google: sys-kernel/cchost-kernel-6_12, sys-kernel/csql-kernel-6_12, sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_12, sys-kernel/lakitu-nc-kernel-6_12: security update to 19506.505.8

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 469852

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: fix user path of nested backing
 files backing_file_open() derives the path to be stored in the new backing file from user_file->f_path.
 This is incorrect when user_file itself is a backing file, which is the case for nested stacking
 filesystems, e.g. overlayfs mounts where the lowerdir of one overlayfs is the merged directory of another.
 Since commit def3ae83da02 ("fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path") the f_path
 of a backing file holds the real path of the intermediate layer, not the path that the user opened. Commit
 924577e4f6ca ("ovl: Fix nested backing file paths") fixed this for such configurations by passing
 file_user_path() from ovl_open_realfile(). However, commit 6af36aeb147a ("lsm: add backing_file LSM
 hooks") changed the first argument of backing_file_open() from the user path back to the user file and
 derived the path from user_file->f_path again, silently re-introducing the problem. As a result, files
 mapped through a nested overlayfs show the wrong path in /proc/<pid>/maps and in perf/ftrace mmap records.
 For example, with two nested overlayfs mounts: mkdir -p /ovl/{lower,upper,work,merged} /ovl/nested echo
 hello > /ovl/lower/foo mount -t overlay overlay \ -o
 lowerdir=/ovl/lower,upperdir=/ovl/upper,workdir=/ovl/work \ /ovl/merged # at least two lowerdirs are
 needed when upperdir is nonexistent mount -t overlay overlay \ -o lowerdir=/ovl/merged:/ovl/lower
 /ovl/nested mapping /ovl/nested/foo shows a disconnected path instead of the user path: # readlink
 /proc/self/fd/3 /ovl/nested/foo # grep foo /proc/self/maps 7f6e2c100000-7f6e2c101000 r--s 00000000 00:24
 15813027 /foo The bogus path is derived from the f_path of the intermediate backing file, whose mount is a
 private clone that d_path() cannot resolve. Fix this by using file_user_path(), which returns the
 outermost user-visible path for backing files and falls back to &user_file->f_path for regular files. This
 restores the behavior of commit 924577e4f6ca ("ovl: Fix nested backing file paths") for overlayfs and also
 fixes the same problem for the other backing_file_open() callers, fuse passthrough and erofs ishare, when
 their user file is itself a backing file. backing_tmpfile_open() has the same pattern but is not affected:
 it is only called by ovl_create_tmpfile() for the upper layer, and another overlayfs is rejected as
 upperdir by the DCACHE_OP_REAL check in ovl_mount_dir_check(), so its user_file can never be a backing
 file. (CVE-2026-89768)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/cchost-kernel-6_12 library and its related packages to version 19506.505.8 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-129.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 469852

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 50.53

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-89768

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.8

Temporal Score: 2.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-89768