CVE-2025-71239
5.5 MEDIUMIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), intr...
Published: 2026-03-17 · Last updated: 2026-05-20
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change attribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file attribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71239
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f
- [Other]https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/
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