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CVE-2026-43391

nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening

Description

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

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 7 days later

    Published

  3. · 4 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-43391, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
LinuxCNA (assigner)3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75 – < 24ebaf6676ae4f74f4856eb645959b15e62bc1b4
    • affected 5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75 – < 1797ee11451f1b2be69863a9f5bd43b948813fdf
    • affected 5222470b2fbb3740f931f189db33dd1367b1ae75 – < d2324a9317f00013facb0ba00b00440e19d2af5e
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 6.18
    • unaffected < 6.18
    • unaffected 6.18.50 – ≤ 6.18.*
    • unaffected 6.19.9 – ≤ 6.19.*
    • unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *

References

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