CVE-2025-71239In 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 c…
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.6 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dcpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8efpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05fpatch
- https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/third-party-advisory
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