CVE-2026-43391

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43391
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43391.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43391
Downstream
Published
2026-05-08T14:21:36.012Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:29.433605053Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening

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 mayseeall_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy until the nstree adapts.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43391.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75
Fixed
1797ee11451f1b2be69863a9f5bd43b948813fdf
Fixed
d2324a9317f00013facb0ba00b00440e19d2af5e

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43391.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.19.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43391.json"